From bd08cfca6ff04e7cec940f5b59e97cdcceddcc69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keryn Knight Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:02:17 +0000 Subject: [1.7.x] Fixed #24143 -- Encouraged use of Http404 messages for debugging. Backport of 726a9550db5129badc1c44809b0bed728fa1ad90 from master --- docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt | 4 ++-- docs/topics/http/views.txt | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/topics/http') diff --git a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt index d64ec2f7cb..c167fa4762 100644 --- a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt +++ b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ This example is equivalent to:: try: my_object = MyModel.objects.get(pk=1) except MyModel.DoesNotExist: - raise Http404 + raise Http404("No MyModel matches the given query.") The most common use case is to pass a :class:`~django.db.models.Model`, as shown above. However, you can also pass a @@ -369,4 +369,4 @@ This example is equivalent to:: def my_view(request): my_objects = list(MyModel.objects.filter(published=True)) if not my_objects: - raise Http404 + raise Http404("No MyModel matches the given query.") diff --git a/docs/topics/http/views.txt b/docs/topics/http/views.txt index 41853b76ca..121c4a9423 100644 --- a/docs/topics/http/views.txt +++ b/docs/topics/http/views.txt @@ -121,13 +121,18 @@ Example usage:: try: p = Poll.objects.get(pk=poll_id) except Poll.DoesNotExist: - raise Http404 + raise Http404("Poll does not exist") return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll': p}) In order to use the ``Http404`` exception to its fullest, you should create a template that is displayed when a 404 error is raised. This template should be called ``404.html`` and located in the top level of your template tree. +If you provide a message when raising an ``Http404`` exception, it will appear +in the standard 404 template displayed when :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True``. Use +these messages for debugging purposes; they generally aren't suitable for use +in a production 404 template. + .. _customizing-error-views: Customizing error views -- cgit v1.3