Fixed user serializer still using django default user

stude/accounts/serializers.py

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 from djoser.serializers import UserCreateSerializer as BaseUserRegistrationSerializer
 from djoser.serializers import UserSerializer as BaseUserSerializer
+from django.core import exceptions as django_exceptions
+from rest_framework import exceptions as drf_exceptions
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from accounts.models import CustomUser
 from student_status.serializers import StudentStatusSerializer
 from student_status.models import StudentStatus
+from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from django.contrib.auth.password_validation import validate_password
 
 
 class CustomUserSerializer(BaseUserSerializer):
@@ -15,20 +19,38 @@ class CustomUserSerializer(BaseUserSerializer):
         fields = ('username', 'email', 'password',
                   'student_id_number', 'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_banned', 'user_status')
 
+# The model from your custom user
 
-class UserRegistrationSerializer(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer):
-    class Meta(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer.Meta):
-        fields = ('username', 'email', 'password',
-                  'student_id_number', 'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar', 'first_name', 'last_name')
+
+class UserRegistrationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    email = serializers.EmailField(required=True)
+    student_id_number = serializers.CharField(required=True)
+    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = CustomUser    # Use your custom user model here
+        fields = ('username', 'email', 'password', 'student_id_number',
+                  'year_level', 'semester', 'course', 'subjects', 'avatar',
+                  'first_name', 'last_name')
+
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        user = self.Meta.model(**attrs)
+        password = attrs.get("password")
+        try:
+            validate_password(password, user)
+        except django_exceptions.ValidationError as e:
+            serializer_error = serializers.as_serializer_error(e)
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                {"password": serializer_error[api_settings.NON_FIELD_ERRORS_KEY]}
+            )
+
+        return super().validate(attrs)
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
-        # Get the user's year_level and semester from the user model instance
         user = self.Meta.model(**validated_data)
+        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
+        user.save()
 
-        # Create a new user using the base serializer's create() method
-        user = super().create(validated_data)
-
-        # Create a student_status object for the user
         StudentStatus.objects.create(
             user=user,
             active=False,
@@ -36,5 +58,4 @@ class UserRegistrationSerializer(BaseUserRegistrationSerializer):
             y=None,
             subject=None
         )
-
         return user