Django check if a related object exists error: RelatedObjectDoesNotExist

Question

I have a method has_related_object in my model that needs to check if a related object exists

class Business(base):
      name =  models.CharField(ma         


        

Answer 1

Use hasattr(self, 'customers') to avoid the exception check as recommended in Django docs:

def has_related_object(self):
    return hasattr(self, 'customers') and self.car is not None