Question

Models:

INTERNAL_STATES = (
    ('1', _('Live')),
    ('2', _('Coming soon')),
    ('3', _('Draft')),
)

View:

if request.user.is_staff is False and building.internal_state is not 1:
    raise Http404
else:
    pass

Can someone tell me why this code is landing me a 404 even if the building I am trying to view has internal_state = 1 when I am not logged in? Sorry for posting such an easy question but I just can’t see what’s wrong with it.

Answer 1

The type of internal_state is a string, not an integer.

Try this:

if not request.user.is_staff and building.internal_state != '1':
    raise Http404
else:
    pass