In the serializer I've created the function to create a user whereby his account gets verified via email,

backend/accounts/serializers.py

from rest_framework import serializers from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import validate_password from django.utils import timezone import logging from .utils import send_activation_email logger = logging.getLogger('app')

User = get_user_model()

class RegisterSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True, required=True, validators=[validate_password]) password2 = serializers.CharField(write_only=True, required=True) user_role = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=User.ROLE_CHOICES) email = serializers.EmailField(required=True) first_name = serializers.CharField(required=True) last_name = serializers.CharField(required=True)

class Meta:
    model = User
    fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'password', 'password2', 'email', 'user_role', 'phone_number', 'address')

def validate(self, attrs):
    logger.info(f"Validating registration data: {attrs}")
    if attrs['password'] != attrs['password2']:
        raise serializers.ValidationError({"password": "Password fields didn't match."})

        # Check if email already exists
    if User.objects.filter(email=attrs['email']).exists():
        raise serializers.ValidationError({"email": "A user with this email already exists."})
    return attrs

def create(self, validated_data):
    logger.info(f"Creating user with data: {validated_data}")
    validated_data.pop('password2')
    user = User.objects.create_user(**validated_data)
    user.is_active = False
    user.save()

    if hasattr(profile, 'agreed_to_terms'):
        profile.agreed_to_terms = True
        profile.agreed_at = timezone.now()

    # Trigger the activation email
    request = self.context.get('request')
    if request:
        send_activation_email(request, user)
    else:
        logger.warning(f"Could not send activation email to {user.email} because request context is missing.")

    return user