In the view.py file, change the user's password?

Question

Django

Can I change the user's password in view.py?

if edit_form.is_valid() and edit_userForm.is_valid() and resetPassData.is_valid():
            oldPass = resetPassData.cleaned_data["old_password"]
            newPass = resetPassData.cleaned_data["new_password"]
            if oldPass!="" and newPass!="":
                if oldPass == newPass:
                    print("Пароли не должны совпадать")
                    resPassError = "Пароли не должны совпадать"
                else:
                    print("Пароль изменен")

Of course, everything is not the best for me there, but tell me if there is such an opportunity to refer to the User.password model and change it to the one received from the form.

Answer 1

Nobody reads the documentation :(

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

u = User.objects.get(username='john')
u.set_password('new password')
u.save()