Django: Catching Integrity Error and showing a customized message using template

Question

In my django powered app there is only one obvious case where \"IntegrityError\" can arise.
So, how can I catch that error and display a message using templates?

Answer 1

I did it like this

from django.db import IntegrityError
from django.shortcuts import render

from .models import Person
from .forms import PersonForm

class PersonView(View):

def get(self, request):
    pd = PersonForm()
    return render(request, "app1/my_form.html", context={ 'form': pd })



def post(self, request):
    pd = PersonForm(request.POST)


    if pd.is_valid():
        name = pd.cleaned_data['name']
        age = pd.cleaned_data['age']
        height = pd.cleaned_data['height']

        p = Person()
        p.name = name
        p.age = age
        p.height = height
        try:
            p.save()
        except IntegrityError as e:
            e = 'this data already exists in the database'
            return render(request, "app1/my_form.html", context={ 'form': pd, 'e': e})

        context = {
        'person': {
            'name': name,
            'age': age,
            'height': height,
        },
        'form': pd
        }

    else:
        print("Form is invalid")
        context = { 'form': pd }

    return render(request, "app1/my_form.html", context=context)

in the template ,i can access the erroe as {{ e }}