from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import Group class CustomUser(models.Model): """ A custom user model, which uses a 'through' table for the foreign key """ username = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True) groups = models.ManyToManyField( to=Group, blank=True, null=True, through='UserGroupMap' ) @models.permalink def get_absolute_url(self): return ('custom_user', (), { 'pk': self.id }) class UserGroupMap(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(to=CustomUser) group = models.ForeignKey(to=Group) @models.permalink def get_absolute_url(self): return ('user_group_map', (), { 'pk': self.id })