The templatetag will raise an exception if a related object is not fo…

…und using the "into" argument. It will fail silently if settings.DEBUG is False.

django_generic_flatblocks/templatetags/generic_flatblocks.py

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def get_content_object(self, related_model, slug):
                 related_object = related_model._default_manager.get(pk=slug)
                 return None, related_object
             except related_model.DoesNotExist:
+                if settings.DEBUG:
+                    raise
                 related_object = related_model()
                 return None, related_object
 

docs/ref/usage.rst

@@ -97,4 +97,10 @@ directly without creating a template::
 
 would be rendered as::
   
-    The first user is johndoe! (<a href="/admin/auth/user/1/">edit</a>)
+    The first user is johndoe! (<a href="/admin/auth/user/1/">edit</a>)
+
+.. note::
+   If you have `settings.DEBUG` set to `True` and your related object does not
+   exist, the templatetag will raise a ObjectNotFound exception. It will fail
+   silently if you set `settings.DEBUG` to `False` and return a (not saved)
+   instance of the related model.

example_project/templates/500.html

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+500 internal server error

example_project/templates/example.html

@@ -46,22 +46,17 @@
         will fetch the model instance with the primary key you named in slug.
         Basically this is a {% include %} tag on model level.
     {% endcomment %}
-    {% with 1 as admin_user %}
-        {% gblock admin_user for "auth.user" with "current_user.html" %}
-    {% endwith %}
+    {% gblock 1 for "auth.user" with "current_user.html" %}
 
     {% comment %}
         You can store the related object directly in the context using
         the "into" argument. This is the quickest way to display any
         model. The "for" and "as" arguments are ignored.
     {% endcomment %}
-    {% with 1 as admin_user %}
-    {% with "the_user_object" as varname %}
-        {% gblock 1 for "auth.user" into varname %}
-        <p>The first user is {{ the_user_object.username }}!</p>
-        {% if the_user_object_admin_url %}<a href="{{ the_user_object_admin_url }}">edit</a>{% endif %}
-    {% endwith %}
-    {% endwith %}
+    {% gblock 1 for "auth.user" into "the_user_object" %}
+    <p>The first user is {{ the_user_object.username }}!</p>
+    {% if the_user_object_admin_url %}<a href="{{ the_user_object_admin_url }}">edit</a>{% endif %}
+
     <hr/>
 
     {% comment %}