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how to make django model field case insensitive

pip install django_case_insensitive_field

how to make django model field case insensitive

from django.db.models import CharField

from django_case_insensitive_field import CaseInsensitiveFieldMixin


class CaseInsensitiveCharField(CaseInsensitiveFieldMixin, CharField):
    """[summary]
    Makes django CharField case insensitive 

    Extends both the `CaseInsensitiveMixin` and  CharField 

    Then you can import 
    """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):

        super(CaseInsensitiveMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) 
        

from .fields import CaseInsensitiveCharField


class UserModel(models.Model):

    username = CaseInsensitiveCharField(max_length=16, unique=True)

user1 = UserModel(username='user1')

user1.save()  # will go through


user2 = UserModel(username='User1') 

user2.save() # will not go through

django model make the field caseinsensitive

def clean(self):
        self.name = self.name.capitalize()