Request headers (Content-Type, Accept) in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

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

Rest API

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

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Atext/html

Bapplication/json

Cimage/png

Dapplication/xml

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Common Mistakes

Using 'text/html' instead of 'application/json' for JSON data.

Leaving the Content-Type header empty.

The Content-Type header tells the server the format of the data being sent. For JSON data, it should be application/json.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the Accept header to expect JSON response.

Rest API

headers = {"Accept": "[1]"}

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Aapplication/json

Btext/plain

Ctext/html

Dapplication/xml

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Common Mistakes

Setting Accept to 'text/html' when expecting JSON.

Not setting the Accept header at all.

The Accept header tells the server what response format the client expects. For JSON responses, use application/json.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the header key to correctly specify Content-Type.

Rest API

headers = {"[1]": "application/json"}

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AContent-Type

Bcontent-type

CContentType

DcontentType

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Common Mistakes

Using camelCase like 'contentType' or 'ContentType'.

Using all lowercase without hyphen.

The correct header key is Content-Type with a capital C and T and a hyphen.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set headers for sending JSON and expecting JSON response.

Rest API

headers = {"[1]": "application/json", "[2]": "application/json"}

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AContent-Type

BAccept

CAuthorization

DUser-Agent

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up header names like using 'Authorization' or 'User-Agent'.

Using the same header name twice.

Content-Type tells the server the data format sent. Accept tells the server the response format expected.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create headers with Content-Type JSON, Accept JSON, and a custom header X-API-Key.

Rest API

headers = {"[1]": "application/json", "[2]": "application/json", "[3]": "12345"}

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AContent-Type

BAccept

CX-API-Key

DAuthorization

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Authorization' instead of 'X-API-Key' for the custom header.

Forgetting to set Accept header.

This sets Content-Type and Accept to JSON, and adds a custom X-API-Key header for authentication.