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Python

Haydar Al-Rikabi
Haydar Al-Rikabi
5,971 Points
Posted by Haydar Al-Rikabi
Haydar Al-Rikabi
5,971 Points

handler404 not working?

I've read the docs associated with this video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/django-basics/django-templates/ordering-and-404s

I have also read much about handler404 on StackOverflow but I couldn't make it work.

I know that I can create a 404.html page and place it under the root templates directory of my Django project, but I am trying to figure out how to make it through handler404.

So, this is what I've done:

urls.py (under my project's stub):

from fjango.conf.urls import handler404

from . import views

# This line causes so many errors, so I replaced it with
# handler = 'myapp.views.myview' but this hasn't run my view at all
handler('myapp.views.myview')

settings.py:

DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1',]

views.py:

from django.http import HttpResponse
def myview(request):
    return HttpResponse('My error msg', status=404) # I also tried HttpResponseNotFound

However, when I run the server, I can't see my HttpResponse.

I am using Django 2.0. Can you please help?