Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

#33513 closed Bug

Custom authentication class: raising AuthenticationFailed leads to 403 — at Version 2

Reported by: Aurel Owned by: nobody
Component: contrib.auth Version: 3.2
Severity: Normal Keywords: authentication
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Aurel)

Hi,
I am writing a custom authentication class. I overwrite:

def authenticate(self, request):

If a user is not authenticated I do:
raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(_('Invalid token.'))
I expect that djano returns a 401. But django returns 403 like if I were in has_permission(). But I am in authenticate() for sure. And if in this methoid this exception is raised Django, sholuld return a 401!

My custom auth class inherits from BaseAuthentication:
from rest_framework.authentication import BaseAuthentication

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Aurel, 2 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:2 by Aurel, 2 years ago

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