from __future__ import unicode_literals from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model from django.db import models class UserOptionsManager(models.Manager): def get_by_natural_key(self, user_natural_key): User = get_user_model() try: user = User.objects.get_by_natural_key(user_natural_key) except User.DoesNotExist: raise self.model.DoesNotExist return self.get(user__pk=user.pk)