Resource identifiers in URLs in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to specify the resource identifier in the URL.

Rest API

GET /users/[1] HTTP/1.1

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A123

Busers

Cprofile

Dapi

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using the resource name again instead of the identifier.

Using a generic term like 'api' instead of an ID.

The resource identifier uniquely identifies the user resource, such as an ID like 123.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the URL to access the order with the given identifier.

Rest API

GET /orders/[1] HTTP/1.1

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A456

BorderId

Cdetails

Dlist

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using a word like 'orderId' instead of the actual ID value.

Using 'list' which refers to a collection, not a single resource.

The identifier for the order is a specific number like 456, which uniquely identifies the order resource.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the URL by correctly placing the resource identifier.

Rest API

GET /products/[1]/reviews HTTP/1.1

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Alist

B789

Creviews

Dproducts

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'reviews' as the identifier instead of the product ID.

Placing the identifier in the wrong position in the URL.

The resource identifier '789' should be placed after 'products' to specify which product's reviews are requested.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to correctly form the URL for accessing a specific comment on a post.

Rest API

GET /posts/[1]/comments/[2] HTTP/1.1

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A101

Bcomments

C202

Dposts

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Swapping the post and comment identifiers.

Using resource names instead of IDs in the blanks.

The first blank is the post ID (101), and the second blank is the comment ID (202), specifying the exact comment on the post.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a URL that accesses a specific chapter of a book in a library API.

Rest API

GET /libraries/[1]/books/[2]/chapters/[3] HTTP/1.1

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Alib42

Bbook7

Cch3

Dchapter

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using resource names like 'chapter' instead of the chapter ID.

Mixing up the order of identifiers.

The URL uses 'lib42' as the library ID, 'book7' as the book ID, and 'ch3' as the chapter ID to specify the exact chapter resource.