How can I trigger a 500 error in Django?

A test view like this will work:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_test_500_view(request):
    # Return an "Internal Server Error" 500 response code.
    return HttpResponse(status=500)

or use the baked in error class:

from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
def my_test_500_view(request):
        # Return an "Internal Server Error" 500 response code.
        return HttpResponseServerError()