Question

I would like to know how to show personalized errors with the get_object_or_404 method. I don’t want the normal Http404 pages, but I want to display a custom message with the message: the result is none.

Thanks 🙂

Answer 1

The get_object_or_404() is essentially a simple 5-line function. Unless you have some specific reason for using it, just do:

try:
    instance = YourModel.objects.get(pk=something)
except YourModel.DoesNotExist:
    return render_to_response('a_template_with_your_error_message.html')

If for whatever reason you have to use get_object_or_404(), you can try putting it in a try: ... except Http404: ... block, but I honestly can’t think of a plausible reason for that.