4×× Client Error

403 Forbidden

The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it.

A server that wishes to make public why the request has been forbidden can describe that reason in the response payload (if any).

If authentication credentials were provided in the request, the server considers them insufficient to grant access. The client SHOULD NOT automatically repeat the request with the same credentials. The client MAY repeat the request with new or different credentials. However, a request might be forbidden for reasons unrelated to the credentials.

An origin server that wishes to "hide" the current existence of a forbidden target resource MAY instead respond with a status code of 404 Not Found.



403 Code References

  • .NET HTTP Status Enum HttpStatusCode.Forbidden
  • Rust HTTP Status Constant http::StatusCode::FORBIDDEN
  • Rails HTTP Status Symbol :forbidden
  • Go HTTP Status Constant http.StatusForbidden
  • Symfony HTTP Status Constant Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN
  • Python2 HTTP Status Constant httplib.FORBIDDEN
  • Python3+ HTTP Status Constant http.client.FORBIDDEN
  • Python3.5+ HTTP Status Constant http.HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN
HTTP Status Codes