JSON as standard format in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the Content-Type header to JSON.

Rest API

headers = {"Content-Type": "[1]"}

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Aapplication/json

Btext/html

Capplication/xml

Dtext/plain

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Common Mistakes

Using 'text/html' or 'application/xml' instead of 'application/json'.

The Content-Type header must be set to application/json to indicate JSON data.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to convert a Python dictionary to a JSON string.

Rest API

import json
json_data = json.[1](data)

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Adumps

Bload

Cdump

Dloads

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Common Mistakes

Using load or loads which are for reading JSON.

The json.dumps() function converts a Python object to a JSON string.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to parse JSON from a string.

Rest API

import json
parsed = json.[1](json_string)

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Adump

Bdumps

Cloads

Dload

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Common Mistakes

Using load which reads from a file, not a string.

The json.loads() function parses a JSON string into a Python object.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a JSON response with status code 200.

Rest API

response = [1](json.dumps(data), [2]=200, headers=headers)

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Amake_response

Bjsonify

Cstatus

Dcontent_type

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Common Mistakes

Using jsonify which returns a response but does not accept status code like this.

make_response creates a response object. The status code is set with status.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to extract a value from JSON request data.

Rest API

from flask import request
json_data = request.[1]
value = json_data.get([2], [3])

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Ajson

B"key"

CNone

Dargs

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Common Mistakes

Using args which is for query parameters, not JSON body.

Use request.json to get JSON data. Use get("key", None) to safely access a value.