django-fullname-localization

Add localization support for user's fullname.

Install

pip install django-fullname-localization

Settings

pro/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'django_fullname_localization',
    ...
]

USE_FULL_NAME_INSTEAD_OF_SHORT_NAME = True
FULL_NAME_TEMPLATE = "{user.last_name}{user.first_name}"

Note:

• At django_fullname_localization app ready step, we override AbstractUser.get_full_name method, so that all user model that inherit from AbstractUser will get a new *.get_full_name() method.
• Use FULL_NAME_TEMPLATE to define your fullname style.
• USE_FULL_NAME_INSTEAD_OF_SHORT_NAME defaults to True, so that the short name will be replaced with our full name. Mostly our full name is short enough ^_^

Fullname template setting

FULL_NAME_TEMPLATE default to "{user.last_name}{user.first_name}", it's our default name format ^_^.

Notes:

• If using default User model, you can use user.first_name and user.last_name parameter to write your own template.
• If using customer model that has more name parts, you can using parameter {user.your_own_field}.
• Some application that doesn't override the default User model but keep the full name in first_name and keep the last name in last_name, so that you just set FULL_NAME_TEMPLATE="{user.first_name}".

Usage

app/template/demo.html

{{request.user.get_full_name}}

app/views.py

def page(request):
    ...
    fullname = request.user.get_full_name()
    ...

Release

v0.1.0 2020/02/29

• First release.

v0.2.0 2020/09/09

• Add license in package.
• Add replacing short name with full name support. It is controlled by USE_FULL_NAME_INSTEAD_OF_SHORT_NAME option in settings. USE_FULL_NAME_INSTEAD_OF_SHORT_NAME defaults to True, so that the name used in the default django's admin site topbar will be our full name.
• Remove first_name, last_name parameter support for FULL_NAME_TEMPLATE, for user's customized User Model may not have first_name, last_name fields.
• Fix documentations.

v0.2.1 2023/09/15

• Doc update.

v0.2.2 2025/10/18

• Doc update.