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Manual 404 Error Handling

You can manually trigger a 404 error page by raising the Http404 exception. This stops the view execution immediately.

snippet.py

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from django.http import Http404
 
def product_detail(request, product_id):
    if product_id > 1000:
        raise Http404('Product does not exist')

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Breakdown

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from django.http import Http404

Imports the specific exception for Page Not Found errors.

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raise Http404('Product does not exist')

Interrupts the request and displays the standard 404 error page.

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