HttpResponse object in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a simple HTTP response with the text 'Hello World'.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_view(request):
    return HttpResponse([1])

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AHello World

B"Hello World"

Cresponse

DHttpResponse

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the text string.

Passing a variable name instead of a string.

The HttpResponse object expects a string as content. We must pass the text inside quotes.

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medium

Complete the code to set the HTTP status code to 404 in the response.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse

def not_found_view(request):
    return HttpResponse("Page not found", status=[1])

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A404

B200

C500

D302

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 which means OK instead of 404.

Using 500 which means server error.

Status code 404 means the page was not found. We set it using the status parameter.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to add a custom header 'X-Custom' with value 'Value123' to the response.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse

def custom_header_view(request):
    response = HttpResponse("Content")
    response[[1]] = "Value123"
    return response

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A"X-Custom"

B"Set-Cookie"

C"Content-Type"

D"Authorization"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using standard headers like Content-Type instead of the custom header.

Forgetting to use quotes around the header name.

To add a custom header, use the header name as the key in the response object like response['X-Custom'].

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hard

Fill both blanks to create an HttpResponse with JSON content and set the correct content type header.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse
import json

def json_view(request):
    data = {"key": "value"}
    response = HttpResponse(json.dumps(data), content_type=[1])
    response[[2]] = "application/json"
    return response

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A"application/json"

B"text/html"

C"Content-Type"

D"Accept"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'text/html' as content type for JSON data.

Setting the wrong header name like 'Accept'.

The content_type parameter and the 'Content-Type' header both should be set to 'application/json' to indicate JSON data.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an HttpResponse that redirects to '/home' with status 302 and a custom header 'X-Redirected' set to 'yes'.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse

def redirect_view(request):
    response = HttpResponse(status=[1])
    response[[2]] = "/home"
    response[[3]] = "yes"
    return response

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A302

B"Location"

C"X-Redirected"

D404

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using status 404 which means not found.

Setting wrong header names for redirect.

Status 302 means redirect. The 'Location' header tells the browser where to go. 'X-Redirected' is a custom header.