Django Password Reset - DoesNotExist exception

Question

The password_reset page of my Django site is causing a DoesNotExist exception after an email address is entered and the button pressed.

The four URLs required for the password reset function are in (the main project) urls.py as:

(r'^password_reset/$', 'appname.views.cust_password_reset'),
(r'^password_reset/done/', 'appname.views.cust_password_reset_done'),
(r'^reset/(?P<uidb36>[0-9A-Za-z]+)-(?P<token>.+)/$', 'appname.views.cust_password_reset_confirm'),
(r'^reset/done/$', 'appname.views.cust_password_reset_complete')

The following is the code used for the associated views:

def cust_password_reset(request):
    return password_reset(request, post_reset_redirect='password_reset/done',template_name='registration/password_reset_done.html')

def cust_password_reset_done(request):
    return password_reset_done(request,  template_name='registration/password_reset_done.html')

def cust_password_reset_confirm(request, uidb36=None, token=None):
    return password_reset_confirm(request, uidb36=uidb36, token=token,
    template_name='registration/password_reset_confirm.html',
    post_reset_redirect='registration/reset/done/')

def cust_password_reset_complete(request):
    return password_reset_complete(request,
    template_name='registration/password_reset_complete.html')

The email address is correctly checked for validity, but the redirect to password_reset/done doesn't appear to happen. The URL stays as password_reset, but causes a DoesNotExist exception with the value 'Site matching query does not exist'.

The URLs and templates seem to work properly and password_reset/done displays correctly when manually accessed.
The templates referenced are exact copies of the original Django templates, with just a header/ footer added. Password Resetting without using custom views/templates results in the same error.

Any ideas as to what could be causing this would be greatly appreciated.

Chris Pratt · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-27 14:38:37Z

2

That error, "Site matching query does not exist" means that the SITE_ID in settings.py does not match up with an actual Site object in the database. Check the id attribute for your site, and make sure it's the same as SITE_ID.

answered May 27, 2011 at 14:38

Chris Pratt

240k37 gold badges414 silver badges469 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

caroline Over a year ago

The SITE_ID in settings.py is 1, and I'm not (purposely at least) changing this anywhere else. In the Settings section of the Request Information shown when the error occurs, the SITE_ID is also 1, but this seems to be coming directly from settings.py. Is it possible that something in the password_reset views could be changing the id automatically?

Chris Pratt Over a year ago

That error is pretty explicit; there's only one thing that will cause that. Check your database and make sure site_id is 1 there.

caroline Over a year ago

It looks like there wasn't a Site object in the database at all - when I added one, it was given id 1 and now the password reset works perfectly - Thanks for your help.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Django Password Reset - DoesNotExist exception

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related