diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e1a18adf9d..250d10bc8e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
Thomas Steinacher
nowell strite
Sundance
+ SuperJared
Radek Švarz
Swaroop C H
Aaron Swartz
diff --git a/django/shortcuts/__init__.py b/django/shortcuts/__init__.py
index 9d7120bc7a..e4bba0919e 100644
--- a/django/shortcuts/__init__.py
+++ b/django/shortcuts/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ for convenience's sake.
from django.template import loader
from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
from django.db.models.manager import Manager
+from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
def render_to_response(*args, **kwargs):
"""
@@ -16,40 +17,46 @@ def render_to_response(*args, **kwargs):
return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs))
load_and_render = render_to_response # For backwards compatibility.
+def _get_queryset(klass):
+ """
+ Return a QuerySet from a Model, Manager, or QuerySet. Created to make
+ get_object_or_404 and get_list_or_404 more DRY.
+ """
+ if isinstance(klass, QuerySet):
+ return klass
+ elif isinstance(klass, Manager):
+ manager = klass
+ else:
+ manager = klass._default_manager
+ return manager.all()
+
def get_object_or_404(klass, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Use get() to return an object, or raise a Http404 exception if the object
does not exist.
- klass may be a Model or Manager object. All other passed
+ klass may be a Model, Manager, or QuerySet object. All other passed
arguments and keyword arguments are used in the get() query.
Note: Like with get(), an AssertionError will be raised if more than one
object is found.
"""
- if isinstance(klass, Manager):
- manager = klass
- klass = manager.model
- else:
- manager = klass._default_manager
+ queryset = _get_queryset(klass)
try:
- return manager.get(*args, **kwargs)
- except klass.DoesNotExist:
- raise Http404('No %s matches the given query.' % klass._meta.object_name)
+ return queryset.get(*args, **kwargs)
+ except queryset.model.DoesNotExist:
+ raise Http404('No %s matches the given query.' % queryset.model._meta.object_name)
def get_list_or_404(klass, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Use filter() to return a list of objects, or raise a Http404 exception if
- the list is empty.
+ the list is emtpy.
- klass may be a Model or Manager object. All other passed
+ klass may be a Model, Manager, or QuerySet object. All other passed
arguments and keyword arguments are used in the filter() query.
"""
- if isinstance(klass, Manager):
- manager = klass
- else:
- manager = klass._default_manager
- obj_list = list(manager.filter(*args, **kwargs))
+ queryset = _get_queryset(klass)
+ obj_list = list(queryset.filter(*args, **kwargs))
if not obj_list:
- raise Http404('No %s matches the given query.' % manager.model._meta.object_name)
+ raise Http404('No %s matches the given query.' % queryset.model._meta.object_name)
return obj_list
diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index 8e664ce3c1..9d0d4358f5 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -1891,8 +1891,8 @@ get_object_or_404()
One common idiom to use ``get()`` and raise ``Http404`` if the
object doesn't exist. This idiom is captured by ``get_object_or_404()``.
This function takes a Django model as its first argument and an
-arbitrary number of keyword arguments, which it passes to the manager's
-``get()`` function. It raises ``Http404`` if the object doesn't
+arbitrary number of keyword arguments, which it passes to the default
+manager's ``get()`` function. It raises ``Http404`` if the object doesn't
exist. For example::
# Get the Entry with a primary key of 3
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ exist. For example::
When you provide a model to this shortcut function, the default manager
is used to execute the underlying ``get()`` query. If you don't want to
use the default manager, or if you want to search a list of related objects,
-you can provide ``get_object_or_404()`` with a manager object instead.
+you can provide ``get_object_or_404()`` with a ``Manager`` object instead.
For example::
# Get the author of blog instance e with a name of 'Fred'
@@ -1911,6 +1911,14 @@ For example::
# entry with a primary key of 3
e = get_object_or_404(Entry.recent_entries, pk=3)
+If you need to use a custom method that you added to a custom manager,
+then you can provide ``get_object_or_404()`` with a ``QuerySet`` object.
+For example::
+
+ # Use a QuerySet returned from a 'published' method of a custom manager
+ # in the search for an entry with primary key of 5
+ e = get_object_or_404(Entry.objects.published(), pk=5)
+
get_list_or_404()
-----------------
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/get_object_or_404/models.py b/tests/modeltests/get_object_or_404/models.py
index 5f449f4cfe..573eaf2047 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/get_object_or_404/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/get_object_or_404/models.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
get_object_or_404 is a shortcut function to be used in view functions for
performing a get() lookup and raising a Http404 exception if a DoesNotExist
-exception was rasied during the get() call.
+exception was raised during the get() call.
get_list_or_404 is a shortcut function to be used in view functions for
performing a filter() lookup and raising a Http404 exception if a DoesNotExist
-exception was rasied during the filter() call.
+exception was raised during the filter() call.
"""
from django.db import models
@@ -69,11 +69,28 @@ Http404: No Article matches the given query.
>>> get_object_or_404(Article.by_a_sir, title="Run away!")
+# QuerySets can be used too.
+>>> get_object_or_404(Article.objects.all(), title__contains="Run")
+
+
+# Just as when using a get() lookup, you will get an error if more than one
+# object is returned.
+>>> get_object_or_404(Author.objects.all())
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AssertionError: get() returned more than one Author -- it returned ...! Lookup parameters were {}
+
+# Using an EmptyQuerySet raises a Http404 error.
+>>> get_object_or_404(Article.objects.none(), title__contains="Run")
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+Http404: No Article matches the given query.
+
# get_list_or_404 can be used to get lists of objects
>>> get_list_or_404(a.article_set, title__icontains='Run')
[]
-# Http404 is returned if the list is empty
+# Http404 is returned if the list is empty.
>>> get_list_or_404(a.article_set, title__icontains='Shrubbery')
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
@@ -83,4 +100,8 @@ Http404: No Article matches the given query.
>>> get_list_or_404(Article.by_a_sir, title__icontains="Run")
[]
+# QuerySets can be used too.
+>>> get_list_or_404(Article.objects.all(), title__icontains="Run")
+[]
+
"""}