200 OK and 201 Created in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to return a 200 OK status in a REST API response.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1])

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A404

B201

C500

D200

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 201 instead of 200 for a successful GET request.

Using 404 or 500 which indicate errors.

The HTTP status code 200 means the request was successful and the server is returning the requested data.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to return a 201 Created status after successfully creating a resource.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1])

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A201

B204

C200

D400

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 instead of 201 after creating a resource.

Using 204 which means no content returned.

The HTTP status code 201 means a new resource was successfully created on the server.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly return a 201 Created status with a JSON body.

Rest API

return Response({"id": new_id}, status=[1])

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A201

B200

C404

D500

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Returning 200 instead of 201 after resource creation.

Using error codes like 404 or 500 incorrectly.

When creating a new resource and returning its data, use status 201 to indicate creation success.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a response with 201 status and a Location header pointing to the new resource URL.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1], headers={{'Location': [2])

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A201

B200

C"/items/123"

D"/home"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 status instead of 201 for creation.

Setting Location header to an unrelated URL.

Use status 201 to indicate creation and set the Location header to the new resource's URL.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to return a 200 OK response with JSON data and a custom header.

Rest API

return Response([1], status=[2], headers={{'X-Custom': [3])

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A{"message": "Success"}

B200

C"Value123"

D"/new-resource"

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 201 status when no resource was created.

Passing non-string values in headers.

Return JSON data with status 200 and include a custom header with the given value.