Why HTTP methods define intent in Rest API - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to specify the HTTP method for retrieving data.

Rest API

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

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Aget

Bpost

Cput

Ddelete

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of GET to retrieve data.

Confusing PUT with GET.

The GET method is used to request data from a server without changing it.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to specify the HTTP method for creating a new resource.

Rest API

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

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Aget

Bdelete

Cpost

Dpatch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using GET instead of POST to create data.

Using DELETE when intending to create.

The POST method is used to send data to the server to create a new resource.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the HTTP method used to update a resource fully.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data/123', json=updated_data)

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Apost

Bdelete

Cget

Dput

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of PUT for full updates.

Using GET when intending to update.

The PUT method is used to fully update an existing resource.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to partially update a resource and specify the correct HTTP method.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data/123', json=[2])

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Apatch

Bput

Cpayload

Ddata

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PUT instead of PATCH for partial updates.

Using wrong variable name for the data.

The PATCH method is used for partial updates, and data is the variable holding the update info.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to delete a resource and check the response status code.

Rest API

response = requests.[1]('https://api.example.com/data/123')
if response.status_code == [2]:
    print('[3]')

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Apost

Bdelete

C204

DResource deleted successfully

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of DELETE to remove resources.

Checking wrong status code for deletion.

The DELETE method removes a resource. A 204 status means success with no content. The message confirms deletion.