Return 404 instead of 403 for invalid routes
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Description
For invalid routes, chalice should return 404 instead of 403
```py
from chalice import Chalice
app = Chalice(app_name='helloworld')
app.debug = True
@app.route('/')
def index():
return {'hello': 'world'}
```
```sh
http :8000
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 18
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:40:45 GMT
Server: BaseHTTP/0.6 Python/3.6.6
{
"hello": "world"
}
http :8000/hello
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Content-Length: 43
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:38:10 GMT
Server: BaseHTTP/0.6 Python/3.6.6
x-amzn-ErrorType: UnauthorizedException
x-amzn-RequestId: 1ffba607-ff3d-42c9-bdb9-78d1630c861d
{
"message": "Missing Authentication Token"
}
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by running the provided Chalice app and requesting both `/` and `/hello` as shown. Trace the local route handling that produces the 403 response, then verify that an invalid route returns HTTP 404 while the valid route remains unchanged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, python
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100