Alternative to User.get_profile()

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.signals import post_init
from django.dispatch import dispatcher
from django.utils.functional import curry


try:
    getattr(settings, 'AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE')
except AttributeError:
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
        "The 'AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE' setting isn't defined."
    )


def _get_next_or_previous_by_profile_FIELD(self, field, is_next):
    profile = self.get_profile()
    next_or_previous = profile._get_next_or_previous_by_FIELD(field, is_next)
    return next_or_previous.user


def inject_profile(sender, instance):
    """Attach fields from a ``Profile`` to a ``User`` instance.

    Provide an alternative to ``User.get_profile`` by automatically attaching
    the profile's fields to the ``User`` when it is instantiated.  The special
    methods for ``DateField``, ``FileField``, ``ImageField`` and fields with
    choices are also created.  ``_get_next_or_previous_by_profile_FIELD`` is
    used instead of ``Model._get_next_or_previous_by_FIELD`` when currying the
    ``get_next_by_FIELD`` and ``get_previous_by_FIELD`` methods.

    If the profile doesn't exist -- ``AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE`` isn't set or a
    profile instance hasn't been created for the ``User`` -- nothing happens.

    """
    try:
        profile = instance.get_profile()
    except ObjectDoesNotExist:
        return None

    # Don't overwrite existing fields on User model.
    blacklist = [f.name for f in instance._meta.fields] + ['id', 'user']

    for field in [f for f in profile._meta.fields if f.name not in blacklist]:
        value = getattr(profile, field.name)
        setattr(instance, field.name, value)

        if field.choices:
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_display' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_display, field=field)
            )

        if isinstance(field, models.DateField) and not field.null:
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_next_by_%s' % field.name,
                curry(
                    _get_next_or_previous_by_profile_FIELD,
                    field=field,
                    is_next=True
                )
            )
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_previous_by_%s' % field.name,
                curry(
                    _get_next_or_previous_by_profile_FIELD,
                    field=field,
                    is_next=False
                )
            )

        if isinstance(field, models.FileField):
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_filename' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_filename, field=field)
            )
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_url' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_url, field=field)
            )
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_size' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_size, field=field)
            )

        if isinstance(field, models.ImageField):
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_height' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_height, field=field)
            )
            setattr(
                sender,
                'get_%s_width' % field.name,
                curry(sender._get_FIELD_width, field=field)
            )


dispatcher.connect(inject_profile, sender=User, signal=post_init)