How to update user state in Django?

Question

Django

Hello guys.
Now I am working on a project where there will be paid content, which will be available to the user only after payment.
Task: The user enters the system, makes a payment, gets access to restricted content.
I think that it is necessary to bind some additional parameter to the model, which will act as a free/paid-User classifier. And already with the help of this parameter in the view, display one or another template.
Am I right, or is there some simpler and more understandable solution for this?

Answer 1

If there are only two user states:
1) The user does not have access to paid content
2) The user has access to paid content
Then this is the norm. I would add a datetime nullable paid_till field (paid until [if there is some subscription, of course]) and create a method

def is_paid(self):
    if self.paid_till is None:
        return False
    return self.paid_till >= timezone.now()

And they would check whether the user has a subscription or not.

Answer 2

deliro.ru/posts/kak-rasshirit-model-user

Answer 3

what if you look at it from the other side?
you need to distinguish between user-accessible content, not user state.
that is, you just need a content manager depending on the status of the user. one of the many user statuses is paid content.
so the problem looks different already?