httpstatuses/contents/codes/403.md

---
set: 4
code: 403
title: Forbidden
references:
    "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"
---

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](/404).

---

* Source: [RFC7231 Section 6.5.3][1]

[1]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.3>
Adds placeholder codes for development 2015-11-06 21:39:33 +01:00			`---`
			`set: 4`
			`code: 403`
			`title: Forbidden`
Adds 4xx Client Error class status codes descriptions from latest standards 2015-11-07 05:34:40 +01:00			`references:`
			`"Rails HTTP Status Symbol": ":forbidden"`
Add Go status constants 2016-01-27 23:08:33 +01:00			`"Go HTTP Status Constant": "http.StatusForbidden"`
Add Symfony HTTP Status Constant references (#48) 2016-04-19 15:19:17 +02:00			`"Symfony HTTP Status Constant": "Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN"`
Add Python status constants (#57) * Add Python status constants * Add Python 2, Python 3+, Python 3.5+ status constants 2016-05-22 01:07:17 +02:00			`"Python2 HTTP Status Constant": "httplib.FORBIDDEN"`
			`"Python3+ HTTP Status Constant": "http.client.FORBIDDEN"`
			`"Python3.5+ HTTP Status Constant": "http.HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN"`
Adds placeholder codes for development 2015-11-06 21:39:33 +01:00			`---`

Improves 4xx class status codes with referencing 2015-11-09 02:44:05 +01:00			`The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it.`

Remove markdown line limit (#52) * Removes line length limit from Status Code Markdown This will make the data easier to use when we develop the API, it needs to be consistent, arbitrary new lines (especially in text format) will be a major issue, so some sort of workaround would have to be implemented, easier to simply fix the source files. * Removes line length limit from misc. Markdown files 2016-04-23 02:12:07 +02:00			`A server that wishes to make public why the request has been forbidden can describe that reason in the response payload (if any).`
Adds 4xx Client Error class status codes descriptions from latest standards 2015-11-07 05:34:40 +01:00
Remove markdown line limit (#52) * Removes line length limit from Status Code Markdown This will make the data easier to use when we develop the API, it needs to be consistent, arbitrary new lines (especially in text format) will be a major issue, so some sort of workaround would have to be implemented, easier to simply fix the source files. * Removes line length limit from misc. Markdown files 2016-04-23 02:12:07 +02:00			`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.`
Adds 4xx Client Error class status codes descriptions from latest standards 2015-11-07 05:34:40 +01:00
Remove markdown line limit (#52) * Removes line length limit from Status Code Markdown This will make the data easier to use when we develop the API, it needs to be consistent, arbitrary new lines (especially in text format) will be a major issue, so some sort of workaround would have to be implemented, easier to simply fix the source files. * Removes line length limit from misc. Markdown files 2016-04-23 02:12:07 +02:00			`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](/404).`
Improves 4xx class status codes with referencing 2015-11-09 02:44:05 +01:00
			`---`
Adds 4xx Client Error class status codes descriptions from latest standards 2015-11-07 05:34:40 +01:00
Improves 4xx class status codes with referencing 2015-11-09 02:44:05 +01:00			`* Source: [RFC7231 Section 6.5.3][1]`
Adds 4xx Client Error class status codes descriptions from latest standards 2015-11-07 05:34:40 +01:00
Add Go status constants 2016-01-27 23:08:33 +01:00			`[1]: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.3>`