How to avoid 'ID Not Found in Layout' with initial loading of app?

The below code functions correctly. The problem is that upon the initial loading of the app, the ID of the datatable cannot be found. I believe this is because it has not yet been created.

How do I avoid this errror?

from dash import dash, dash_table, html
from dash.dependencies import Input, Output, State
import pandas as pd
from dash.exceptions import PreventUpdate

app = dash.Dash(__name__, prevent_initial_callbacks=True)

app.layout = html.Div([
    html.Button('start', id='button1'),
    html.Button('start', id='button2'),
    html.Div(id='div1'),
    html.Div(id='div2')
])

@app.callback(
    Output('div1', 'children'),
    Input('button1', 'n_clicks'),
)
def generate_upload_file(n_clicks):  
    if n_clicks:
        df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/gapminder2007.csv')
        data_dict = df.to_dict('records')
        headers_list = list(df.columns.values)
        headers_dict = ([{'id': _, 'name': _} for _ in headers_list])
        return dash_table.DataTable(
            id='datatable1',
            data=data_dict,
            columns=headers_dict,
            filter_action="native",
            sort_action="native",
            sort_mode="multi",
            row_deletable=True,
            page_action="native",
            page_current= 0,
            page_size= 10,
        )
    else: raise PreventUpdate


@app.callback(
    Output('div2', 'children'),
    Input('button2', 'n_clicks'),
    State('datatable1', 'data'),
    )
def create_df(n_clicks, datatable_rows):  
    if n_clicks:
        df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(datatable_rows)
        print(df)
    else: raise PreventUpdate

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run_server(debug=True)

Hi @anarchocaps

Add suppress_callback_exceptions=True
See more info in the docs here

app = dash.Dash(__name__, prevent_initial_callbacks=True, suppress_callback_exceptions=True)
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Thank you. Would this be considered a best practice in my given situation? Just curious if there is another way to approach it.

There is no problem doing it this way. An alternative is to put the DataTable in the layout, then just update the data and columns prop.