social_media_platform/application/models.py

from django.db import models

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.utils import timezone

from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
from datetime import datetime


#external code customised
#import from https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/customizing/#extending-the-existing-user-model
class CustomUser(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    #add tags to User Model with possibility to leave empty
    tags = TaggableManager(blank=True)


#external code customised
#import from https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/django_models/
class Post(models.Model):
    author = models.ForeignKey('auth.User', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    text = models.TextField()
    created_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    published_date = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
    #add tags to Post Model
    tags = TaggableManager()

    def publish(self):
        self.published_date = timezone.now()
        self.save()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title