Raise 404 Page not found error

best way to raise 404 page not found page

use Http404

from django.http import Http404
from django.shortcuts import render
from polls.models import Poll

def detail(request, poll_id):
    try:
        p = Poll.objects.get(pk=poll_id)
    except Poll.DoesNotExist:
        raise Http404("Poll does not exist")
    return render(request, 'polls/detail.html', {'poll': p})

Customize the error view

Customizing error views¶

The default error views in Django should suffice for most Web applications, but can easily be overridden if you need any custom behavior. Simply specify the handlers as seen below in your URLconf (setting them anywhere else will have no effect).

The page_not_found() view is overridden by handler404:

handler404 = 'mysite.views.my_custom_page_not_found_view'

The server_error() view is overridden by handler500:

handler500 = 'mysite.views.my_custom_error_view'

The permission_denied() view is overridden by handler403:

handler403 = 'mysite.views.my_custom_permission_denied_view'

The bad_request() view is overridden by handler400:

handler400 = 'mysite.views.my_custom_bad_request_view'