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get_object_or_404 method in Django Models

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Some functions are hard as well as boring to code each and every time. But Django users don’t have to worry about that because Django has some awesome built-in functions to make our work easy and enjoyable. Let’s discuss get_object_or_404() here.

What is get_object_or_404 in Django?

get_object_or_404 is a convenient shortcut function provided by Django, which is used for getting an object from a database using a model’s manager and raising an Http404 exception if the object is not found. It’s commonly used in views to get a single object based on a query and handle the case where the object doesn’t exist.

How to use get_object_or_404() in a Django Project?

This function calls the given model and gets an object from that if that object or model doesn’t exist it raises a 404 error.

Example: Suppose we want to fetch 3rd product from the product model then we can use:

Python3




# import get_object_or_404()
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 
 
# defining view
def product_view(request):
    # retrieving product (pk is primary key)
    product = get_object_or_404(Products, pk=3)


This is the advantage of Django if you hardcode that then you have to write this much line of code.

Python3




# import Http404
from django.http import Http404
 
 
# defining view
def product_view(request):
 
    # try except logic
    try:
        product = Products.objects.get(pk=1)
    except Products.DoesNotExist:
        raise Http404("Given query not found....")


Using get_object_or_404() with QuerySet

QuerySet instance is used to filter data while fetching from the database. For example, we want to fetch only shoes then we can write:

queryset = Products.objects.filter(type='shoes')
get_object_or_404(queryset)

We can simplify above example by a single line:

get_object_or_404(Products, type='shoes') 


Last Updated : 31 Aug, 2023
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