def update_user(self, user, attributes, attribute_mapping,
                    force_save=False):
        if not attribute_mapping:
            return user

        try:
            profile = user.get_profile()
        except ObjectDoesNotExist:
            profile = None
        except SiteProfileNotAvailable:
            profile = None
        # Django 1.5 custom model assumed
        except AttributeError:
            profile = user

        user_modified = False
        profile_modified = False
        for saml_attr, django_attrs in attribute_mapping.items():
            try:
                for attr in django_attrs:
                    if hasattr(user, attr):
                        modified = self._set_attribute(
                            user, attr, attributes[saml_attr][0])
                        user_modified = user_modified or modified

                    elif profile is not None and hasattr(profile, attr):
                        modified = self._set_attribute(
                            profile, attr, attributes[saml_attr][0])
                        profile_modified = profile_modified or modified

            except KeyError:
                # the saml attribute is missing
                pass

        logger.debug('Sending the pre_save signal')
        signal_modified = any(
            [response for receiver, response
             in pre_user_save.send_robust(sender=user,
                                          attributes=attributes,
                                          user_modified=user_modified)]
            )

        if user_modified or signal_modified or force_save:
            user.save()

        if (profile is not None
            and (profile_modified or signal_modified or force_save)):
            profile.save()

        return user
Update a user with a set of attributes and returns the updated user.
dataset/ETHPy150Open cloudera/hue/desktop/core/ext-py/djangosaml2-0.13.0/djangosaml2/backends.py/Saml2Backend.update_user