django response issue 403 for unauthorized

Question

In the following code how to issue 403 for unauthorized?

user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
  if user is not None:
     # the password verified for the user
     if user.is_active:
       print("User is valid, active and authenticated")
       return HttpResponse("Authorized")
     else:
       print("The password is valid, but the account has been disabled!")
       return HttpResponse("Unauthorized")
  else:
      # the authentication system was unable to verify the username and password
      print("The username and password were incorrect.")
      return HttpResponse("Unauthorized")

possible duplicate of [How do I raise a Response Forbidden in django](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6618939/how-do-i-raise-a-response-forbidden-in-django) — argaen, Jul 15 '15 at 10:06

Ernest · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-15T10:32:04.973

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You are looking for HttpResponseForbidden.

Acts just like HttpResponse but uses a 403 status code.

edited Jul 15 '15 at 10:32

answered Jul 15 '15 at 10:09

Ernest

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