How to pass django error status to ajax - ajax

Question

Using django rest framework with backbone.
Current situation:
Whenever an ajax call fails, django responds through get_error_response
As soon as get_error_response gets invoked, django raises a error on client side too, as i am not handling this error in django(server) side.
views.py snippet
def get_error_response(self):
return Response(
self.serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
)
Requirement:
I want to be able to pass all error statuses to $ajax.fail() promise, and handle it there on client side, thereby enabling me to show the error messages to user.
Note:something like the code given below is what i am expecting. But the problem is, this response would got to $ajax.done promise(), wheras i want it in $ajax.fail() promise
def get_error_response(self):
return Response({
"msg":self.serializer.errors, "error_status":status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
})
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Answer 1

No matter if you're using a Response from Django Rest Framework or the normal Django HttpResponse you always need to pass the keyworded argument status in order to make the response actually have the correct status code thus invoking the correct handler in your front end code.
What your last example does is only passing a data or content argument which is making the response class default to a 200 status code.
return Response(your_data, status=404)