Custom status codes in Flask - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to return a custom status code 202 in a Flask route.

Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def home():
    return jsonify(message='Accepted'), [1]

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A200

B500

C404

D202

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 200 instead of 202

Using 404 which means Not Found

The status code 202 means the request has been accepted for processing.

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medium

Complete the code to define a Flask response with a custom status code 418 (I'm a teapot).

Flask

from flask import Flask, Response
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/teapot')
def teapot():
    return Response('I am a teapot', status=[1])

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A418

B404

C200

D500

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 200 instead of 418

Using 404 which means Not Found

Status code 418 is a playful HTTP code meaning "I'm a teapot".

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly return a JSON response with custom status code 429 (Too Many Requests).

Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/limit')
def limit():
    return jsonify(error='Too many requests'), [1]

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A200

B429

C404

D500

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 200 instead of 429

Using 404 which means Not Found

429 is the correct status code for "Too Many Requests".

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Flask route that returns a JSON message with status code 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons).

Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/legal')
def legal():
    return jsonify([1]='Unavailable for legal reasons'), [2]

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Amessage

Berror

C451

D404

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'error' key instead of 'message'

Using 404 instead of 451

The key 'message' holds the text, and 451 is the status code for legal restrictions.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to return a Flask JSON response with a custom status code 207 (Multi-Status) and a custom key.

Flask

from flask import Flask, jsonify
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/multi')
def multi():
    return jsonify([1]=[2]), [3]

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Astatus

B'multi-status'

C207

D'error'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'error' key instead of 'status'

Using 200 instead of 207

The JSON key is 'status' with value 'multi-status', and 207 is the custom status code.