def createUser(fullname=None, email=None, mobile=None, college=None):
try:
newUser = User.objects.get(username = email.split('@')[0])
except User.DoesNotExist:
newUser = User()
newUser.email = email
newUser.username = email.split('@')[0]
newUser.first_name = fullname
newUser.set_password('default')
newUser.is_active = True
newUser.save()
# Get the college
try:
newCollege = College.objects.get(name = college)
except:
newCollege = College.objects.get_or_create(name = 'Default', city = 'Default', state = 'Default')
# Create the user's profile
newUserProfile = UserProfile()
newUserProfile.user = newUser
newUserProfile.mobile_number = mobile
newUserProfile.gender = 'F'
newUserProfile.age = 0
newUserProfile.shaastra_id = 'SHA' + str(1400000 + newUser.id)
newUserProfile.college = newCollege
newUserProfile.branch = 'Others'
newUserProfile.want_accomodation = False
newUserProfile.save()
return newUser
