Custom 403 error page in django rest framework

Question

I am trying to override the default 403.html template of django rest framework, by declaring in ulrs.py handler403 = 'my_app.views.handler403'.

And in the app's views.py:

def handler403(request, exception, template_name='403.html'):
    response = render_to_response('403.html', {})
    response.status_code = 403
    return response

The template's directory is included in TEMPLATE_DIRS in settings.py. However, making a request to an endpoint that has IsAdminUser permission, renders the default drf template.

The same exact procedure for the 404 exception works perfectly fine.

Any answer I saw in the web did not help me resolve the issue.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 09 '19 at 19:06

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It's quite simple actually:

You have to overwrite 'custom_exception_handler' of the DRF just like below:

from Django.shortcuts import render_to_response

def custom_exception_handler(...):
    response = render_to_response('path/to/template/403.html', {})
    response.status_code = 403
    return response

edited Nov 09 '19 at 19:06

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answered Sep 19 '18 at 10:31

Nikolaos Paschos

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 16:10

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It does not work because DRF returns a json response, does not render a template.

answered Sep 18 '18 at 16:10

cgl

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So any solution to my problem? – Xantho Sep 18 '18 at 17:38
Depends, do you really want to return an HTML response instead of a JSON response as a part of your api? – cgl Sep 19 '18 at 09:35
Yes, when a 403 appears I want to render a custom template – Xantho Sep 19 '18 at 10:17
Ok following this answer https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/344112 I think if you share your view I can help you with it. Please edit your question with your view code snippet. – cgl Sep 19 '18 at 10:25

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 17:40

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try this:

from django.shortcuts import render
def handler403(request, exception, template_name='403.html'):
    return render(request, '403.html')

answered Sep 18 '18 at 17:40

ayush gupta

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Custom 403 error page in django rest framework

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