Plural vs singular resource names in Rest API - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define the endpoint for retrieving all users.

Rest API

GET /[1]

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Ausers

Buser

Cprofile

Daccount

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using singular form for a collection endpoint like /user instead of /users.

The endpoint should use the plural form users to represent the collection of user resources.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to define the endpoint for retrieving a single user by ID.

Rest API

GET /users/[1]

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Aall

Bid

C{id}

D123

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a fixed number like 123 instead of a variable placeholder.

Using 'id' without curly braces.

The endpoint should use a path parameter {id} to specify the user ID dynamically.

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hard

Fix the error in the endpoint for creating a new user.

Rest API

POST /[1]

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Auser

Busers

Cuser/{id}

Dusers/{id}

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Including an ID in the URL for POST requests to create resources.

To create a new user, the endpoint should be the plural resource name users without an ID.

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hard

Fill both blanks to define the endpoint for updating a user's profile.

Rest API

PUT /[1]/[2]/profile

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Ausers

Buser

C{userId}

Did

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using singular resource name for the collection.

Using a fixed string like 'id' instead of a parameter.

The endpoint uses the plural resource users and a path parameter {userId} to specify which user to update.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define the endpoint for deleting a specific order item.

Rest API

DELETE /[1]/[2]/[3]

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Aorders

B{orderId}

Citems

D{itemId}

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using singular resource names instead of plural.

Using fixed strings instead of parameters for IDs.

The endpoint uses plural orders, a path parameter {orderId}, and a path parameter {itemId} to delete a specific item in an order.