What is the right way to validate if an object exists in a django view without returning 404?

Question

I need to verify if an object exists and return the object, then based on that perform actions. What\'s the right way to do it without returning a 404?

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Answer 1

You can also do:

if not RealEstateListing.objects.filter(slug_url=slug).exists():
    # do stuff...

Sometimes it's more clear to use try: except: block and other times one-liner exists() makes the code looking clearer... all depends on your application logic.