Django

Django - get_or_create

Django's get_or_create() method either-

• gets an existing object with the given kwargs
• creates a new object if it doesn't exist

It returns a tuple containing an object and a boolean specifying whether a new object was created.

Visitor.objects.create(name="Harry", surname="Potter", age=16)

visitor, created = Visitor.objects.get_or_create(
    name="Harry", surname="Potter", age=16
)
print(created)
# => False

visitor, created = Visitor.objects.get_or_create(
    name="Hermione", surname="Granger", age=16
)
print(created)
# => True