get_object_or_404

Use get() to return an object, or raise an Http404 exception if the object does not exist. klass may be a Model, Manager, or QuerySet object. All other passed arguments and keyword arguments are used in the get() query. Like with QuerySet.get(), MultipleObjectsReturned is raised if more than one object is found.

def get_object_or_404(
    klass: Model, Manager, or QuerySet,
    *args: Any,
    **kwargs: Any
) - > Model instance

Use get() to return an object, or raise an Http404 exception if the object does not exist.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
klass	Model, Manager, or QuerySet	The model class, manager, or queryset from which to retrieve the object.
*args	Any	Positional arguments passed directly to the get() method of the queryset.
**kwargs	Any	Lookup parameters used to filter the queryset, passed directly to the get() method.

Returns

Type	Description
Model instance	The single model instance retrieved from the database matching the provided query criteria.