How do I get the object if it exists, or None if it does not exist?

Question

When I ask the model manager to get an object, it raises DoesNotExist when there is no matching object.

go = Content.objects.get(name=\"baby\")
         


        

Answer 1

If you want a simple one-line solution that doesn't involve exception handling, conditional statements or a requirement of Django 1.6+, do this instead:

x = next(iter(SomeModel.objects.filter(foo='bar')), None)