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

I would do it as simple as follows:

listing = RealEstateListing.objects.filter(slug_url=slug)
if listing:
    # do stuff

I don't see a need for try/catch. If there are potentially several objects in the result, then use first() as shown by user Henrik Heino