django.shortcuts.get_object_or_404 does not support translation for error messages (i18n)

[Abror Izzatullaev]

class WheatProvidingViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    queryset = WheatProviding.objects.all()
    serializer_class = WheatProvidingSerializer

    def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        instance = self.get_object()

The code above demonstrates a Django REST Framework (DRF) ModelViewSet. When a non-existent ID is provided, the destroy method raises a 404 Not Found error. However, the error message is not translated.

The root cause of this issue is that ModelViewSet relies on Django’s get_object_or_404 function, which does not support internationalization (i18n) for its error messages.

Could you consider adding support for translations in the get_object_or_404 function? This enhancement would allow DRF to natively support localized error messages, improving its usability in multilingual applications.

[Claude Paroz]

I think that localizing that message makes sense as it is potentially user-facing, as the use case in the ticket description shows.