Is there a way to catch 500 errors in django python?

Question

I would like to catch 500 exception and return a http 4XX exception instead. Using "except Exception" will catch all exceptions which is not desired. I was wondering is there a way to catch only 500 errors

try:
   <code>
except <Exception class>:
   return http 404 reponse

I searched a lot but couldn't figure out how to do the same. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I'm not sure that returning 404 instead of 500 is a good idea, but you can acheive this by defining a custom error handler for 500 errors.

In your urls.py:

handler500 = 'mysite.views.my_custom_error_view'

In your views.py:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_custom_error_view(request):
    """
    Return a 404 response instead of 500.
    """
    return HttpResponse("error message", status_code=404)