Django: Get an object form the DB, or 'None' if nothing matches

Question

Is there any Django function which will let me get an object form the database, or None if nothing matches?

Right now I\'m using something like:

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Answer 1

In Django 1.6 you can use the first() Queryset method. It returns the first object matched by the queryset, or None if there is no matching object.

Usage:

p = Article.objects.order_by('title', 'pub_date').first()