Check if an object exists

Question

I need to check if Model.objects.filter(...) turned up anything, but do not need to insert anything. My code so far is:

user_pass = log_in(request.P         


        

Answer 1

You can also use get_object_or_404(), it will raise a Http404 if the object wasn't found:

user_pass = log_in(request.POST) #form class
if user_pass.is_valid():
    cleaned_info = user_pass.cleaned_data
    user_object = get_object_or_404(User, email=cleaned_info['username'])
    # User object found, you are good to go!
    ...