An overridden get method on a custom manager passed to get_object_or_404 will not be called.

[anonymous]

If a manager is passed in as the first argument to get_object_or_404, _get_queryset will convert it into a queryset via manager.all().
This means that an overridden get method on the manager passed to get_object_or_404 will not be called. This is rather unintuitive.

# In django.shortcuts __init__.py
def _get_queryset(klass):
    """
    Returns 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):
#...
queryset = _get_queryset(klass)
    try:
        return queryset.get(*args, **kwargs)
#...

Perhaps it should just be return manager instead of manager.all().

[ccrisan]

Any updates on this bug? So far the only resolution I've found is to use my own get_object_or_404() function.

[Chris Beaven]

If there were any updates on the bug, you'd see them here.

Since it sounds like you're already working with code to work around this issue, perhaps you'd care to produce a patch and test case? That's the kind of thing that gets things moving.

At the very least, start a discussion on the django-dev mailing list.

[Aymeric Augustin]

Change UI/UX from NULL to False.

[Aymeric Augustin]

Change Easy pickings from NULL to False.

[Anssi Kääriäinen]

Sounds like a good change to me. I'd go a bit further: if klass has .get() method then use that. So:

    # If it is a model class, or anything else with ._default_manager
    if hasattr(klass, '_default_manager'):
        return klass._default_manager.all()
    return klass # If it is a manager or queryset, then this is OK. Even if it isn't then lets hope it has .get().

This would allow for true duct-typing, anything with .get() is OK, but Model subclasses which have .get() defined for other purposes will still continue to work.

The only question here is if this leads to confusing errors - having a method named .get() is somewhat likely. But I think the risk is worth it.

[Claude Paroz]

Anssi's suggestion implemented in that ​PR.

[Claude Paroz <claude@…>]

In 12ba20d8:

Fixed #10532 -- Relaxed hard-type checking in get_object/list_or_404 shortcuts

Thanks Anssi Kääriäinen for the patch suggestion, and Tim Graham for the review.