Create if does not exist

Question

I have a Django application that reads data from a web API and puts it in a database.
Is there a way to create a new object from mode, but prevent a duplicate exception if the object already exists?

In other words, is there a way to save the object, but just do nothing if it already exists?

Answer 1

Model.objects.get_or_create()

Answer 2

In Django 1.7, you can also:

Model.objects.update_or_create()