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description: If origin responded with `403 Forbidden` error code, redirect to different page.
title: Redirect 403 Forbidden to a different page
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/og-docs.png
---

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# Redirect 403 Forbidden to a different page

If origin responded with `403 Forbidden` error code, redirect to different page.

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```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Send original request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);
		// Check if origin responded with 403 status code
		if (response.status == 403) {
			// If so, redirect to this URL
			const destinationURL = "https://example.com";
			// With this status code
			const statusCode = 301;
			// Serve redirect
			return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
		}
		// Otherwise, serve origin's response
		else {
			return response;
		}
	},
};
```

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