Safe methods vs unsafe methods in Rest API - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to use the HTTP method that is considered safe and only retrieves data.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data')

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AGET

BDELETE

CPOST

DPUT

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST or PUT when only reading data is needed.

The GET method is safe because it only retrieves data without changing anything on the server.

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medium

Complete the code to use the HTTP method that is unsafe and used to create new data on the server.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data', json=payload)

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AGET

BOPTIONS

CHEAD

DPOST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using GET when data needs to be created or changed.

POST is an unsafe method because it creates or changes data on the server.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code by choosing the correct HTTP method that is safe and used to check headers only.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data')

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APUT

BHEAD

CPOST

DDELETE

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using GET when only headers are needed.

HEAD is a safe method that requests headers only, without the body, and does not change server data.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to complete the code that uses a safe method and checks if the response status is 200.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data')
if response.status_code [2] 200:
    print('Success')

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AGET

B==

C!=

DPOST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of GET for safe retrieval.

Using != instead of == for status check.

GET is a safe method to retrieve data, and checking if status_code == 200 confirms success.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the code that sends data with an unsafe method, checks if the response status is 201, and prints a message.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data', json=payload)
if response.status_code [2] 201:
    print('[3]')

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AGET

B==

CCreated

DPOST

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using GET instead of POST for creating data.

Checking for status 200 instead of 201.

POST is unsafe because it creates data. Status 201 means 'Created', so printing that message confirms success.