from django.views.generic import UpdateView from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin class AccountsUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, UpdateView): template_name = 'accounts/user.html' form_class = auth_login.CustomUserChangeForm # your own forms success_url = reverse_lazy('accounts:account_update_view') success_message = _("%(first_name)s %(last_name)s was updated successfully") # Get the object name attribute and properties in your own model def get_success_message(self, cleaned_data): return self.success_message % dict( cleaned_data, first_name=self.object.first_name, last_name=self.object.last_name )