Hierarchical resource paths in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a hierarchical REST API path for accessing a user's posts.

Rest API

GET /users/[1]/posts

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A{userId}

B:userId

CuserId

D<userId>

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using curly braces instead of colon notation for path parameters.

Omitting the colon and just writing the parameter name.

The correct syntax for path parameters in REST APIs often uses a colon before the parameter name, like :userId.

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medium

Complete the code to define a nested resource path for accessing a specific comment on a post.

Rest API

GET /posts/[1]/comments/[2]

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A:postId

B{postId}

C:commentId

D{commentId}

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the comment ID in place of the post ID in the first parameter.

Using curly braces instead of colon notation.

The first parameter in the path should be :postId to specify the post and the second :commentId for the comment.

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hard

Fix the error in the hierarchical path to correctly access a user's specific order.

Rest API

GET /users/[1]/orders/[2]

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A{orderId}

B:orderId

C{userId}

D:userId

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the order ID as the first parameter.

Using curly braces instead of colon notation.

The first parameter should be :userId to specify the user in the path and the second :orderId for the order.

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hard

Fill both blanks to define a REST API path for accessing a specific chapter of a book.

Rest API

GET /books/[1]/chapters/[2]

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A:bookId

B:chapterId

C{chapterId}

D{bookId}

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of parameters.

Using curly braces instead of colon notation.

The path parameters should be :bookId for the book and :chapterId for the chapter.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a REST API path for accessing a specific episode of a season of a TV show.

Rest API

GET /shows/[1]/seasons/[2]/episodes/[3]

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A:showId

B:seasonId

C:episodeId

D{episodeId}

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using curly braces for parameters.

Mixing the order of parameters.

The path parameters should be :showId, :seasonId, and :episodeId in that order.