You have an API endpoint /employees that supports filtering by department and active status. How would you get all active employees in the 'sales' department?

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Rest API - Query Parameters and Filtering

You have an API endpoint /employees that supports filtering by department and active status. How would you get all active employees in the 'sales' department?

A/employees?department=sales&active=true

B/employees?active=true,department=sales

C/employees?department=sales|active=true

D/employees?department=sales;active=true

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Use correct query parameter syntax
Query parameters are joined by & and use key=value pairs.
Step 2: Combine filters for department and active status
/employees?department=sales&active=true correctly filters active sales employees.
Final Answer:
/employees?department=sales&active=true -> Option A
Quick Check:
Use & to combine filters [OK]

Quick Trick: Combine filters with & and key=value pairs [OK]

Common Mistakes:

Using | or ; instead of & to join filters
Mixing order of parameters incorrectly
Using invalid separators causing syntax errors

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You have an API endpoint /employees that supports filtering by department and active status. How would you get all active employees in the 'sales' department?

Step 1: Use correct query parameter syntax

Step 2: Combine filters for department and active status

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