When I want to select objects with a get() function like
personalProfile = World.objects.get(ID=personID)
If get function doesn't return find a value, a "matching query does not exist." error occurs.
If I don't need this error, I'll use try and except function
try:
personalProfile = World.objects.get(ID=personID)
except:
pass
But I think this is not the best way since I use
except:
pass
Please recommend some idea or code sample to fight with this issue
That depends on what you want to do if it doesn't exist..
Theres get_object_or_404
:
Calls get() on a given model manager, but it raises Http404 instead of the model’s DoesNotExist exception.
get_object_or_404(World, ID=personID)
Which is very close to the try except code you currently do.
Otherwise theres get_or_create
:
personalProfile, created = World.objects.get_or_create(ID=personID)
Although, If you choose to continue with your current approach, at least make sure the except is localised to the correct error and then do something with that as necessary
try:
personalProfile = World.objects.get(ID=personID)
except MyModel.DoesNotExist:
raise Http404("No MyModel matches the given query.")
The above try/except handle is similar to what is found in the docs for get_object_or_404...