Rethinkdb python handle empty result
database, exception, python, rethinkdb
Solution
The easiest way to deal with this is probably by adding in the element you want back with a `union`.
r.table('users').filter({"mail": mail}).limit(1).union([{}])[0]
A slightly ugly work around but it should do the trick. I think we should probably extend the `default` syntax to work with this. I'm going to make an issue for that.
Problem
What is the best technique with rethinkb and python to deal with empty result. I try this, but catching exceptions is not satisfactory. ``` @staticmethod def get_by_mail(mail): try: return User( r.table('users').filter({"mail": mail}).limit(1).nth(0).run() ) except RqlRuntimeError: return None ``` If anyone has tried other techniques, I am very interested. Thanks for your help.