Why REST APIs exist - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to show why REST APIs are useful for communication between systems.

Rest API

A REST API allows different systems to [1] data over the internet.

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Ahide

Bexchange

Cdelete

Dignore

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Choosing words that mean stopping or hiding data.

REST APIs enable systems to exchange data easily and clearly.

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medium

Complete the code to explain how REST APIs use HTTP methods.

Rest API

REST APIs use HTTP methods like GET and POST to [1] actions on resources.

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Aignore

Bblock

Cperform

Ddelay

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Choosing words that mean stopping or not doing anything.

HTTP methods tell the API what action to perform on data.

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hard

Fix the error in the sentence explaining REST API benefits.

Rest API

REST APIs help systems to [1] data in a way that is platform dependent.

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Aexchange

Bstore

Cignore

Dsend

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Saying REST APIs are platform dependent.

REST APIs allow data exchange that is platform independent, meaning it works across different systems.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the dictionary comprehension explaining REST API data filtering.

Rest API

filtered_data = {item: data[item] for item in data if data[item] [1] [2]

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A>

B10

C<

D5

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong comparison operator or number.

This code filters data items where the value is greater than 10.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the dictionary comprehension that creates a new dictionary with uppercase keys and values greater than 5.

Rest API

result = [1]: [2] for [3], [2] in data.items() if [2] > 5

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Akey.upper()

Bvalue

Ckey

Ditem

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong variable names or not converting keys to uppercase.

This comprehension creates a dictionary with keys in uppercase and includes only items with values greater than 5.