Fastest way to get the first object from a queryset in django?

Question

Often I find myself wanting to get the first object from a queryset in Django, or return None if there aren\'t any. There are lots of ways to do this which all

Answer 1

Now, in Django 1.9 you have first() method for querysets.

YourModel.objects.all().first()

This is a better way than .get() or [0] because it does not throw an exception if queryset is empty, Therafore, you don't need to check using exists()