Django throws AttributeError: 'User' object missing 'backend' despite manual assignment?

Frontend and Backend Development
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An AJAX registration attempt results in an AttributeError when manually setting the backend property.

def ajax_signup_view(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form_obj = CustomSignupForm(request.POST)
        if form_obj.is_valid():
            new_user = form_obj.save(commit=False)
            new_user.username = abs(hash(new_user.email))
            new_user.auth_method = 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend'
            new_user.save()
            return HttpResponse('Success')
    return HttpResponse('Error')

Why does this error occur only during AJAX calls?

2

hey, i also ran into this when using ajax. i noticed calling login(request,user) gets django to set the backend properly. could it be that using ajax skips some auth middleware? anyone else find a workaround?