Check if record exists in model

Using Django
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Ok, either I missed this earlier or this was an edit:

project_name = models.ForeignKey(Project, to_field='project_name', on_delete=models.CASCADE)

You’ve got the “to_field” defined in your foreign key definition, but you’re passing the integer value in as the parameter.

You need to do one of the following:

  • Pass in the project name as the url parameter

  • Rewrite your query to work with the non FK id

  • (Recommended) Eliminate the “to_field” attribute of your ForeignKey specification. Yes, that attribute has some value - but this really isn’t one of those cases. You’re only going to make things more difficult for yourself by doing it the way you have it now.