Rails: Return a 401?

ruby-on-rails http

You can add the :status option

def permission_denied  render :file => "public/401.html", :status => :unauthorizedend

ruby-on-rails http

Here so you don't have to dig through comments for a modern answer.

The previous answer has been deprecated in Rails 5.1

Throw any of these into your controller action:

Render A File/Template

render :file => "public/401", :status => :unauthorized

render status: :unauthorized, json: { error: "You are not authorized to access this resource. Verify that you are passing passing your token." }

head :unauthorized