How to test 500.html error page in django development env?

Question

I am using Django for a project and is already in production.

In the production environment 500.html is rendered whenever a server error occurs.

How do I tes

Answer 1

In Django 1.6 django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template does not exists anymore, these are my settings for special views:

# urls.py

from django.views.generic import TemplateView
from django.views.defaults import page_not_found, server_error

urlpatterns += [
    url(r'^400/$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='400.html')),
    url(r'^403/$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='403.html')),
    url(r'^404/$', page_not_found),
    url(r'^500/$', server_error),
]