Why status codes communicate outcomes in Rest API - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to return a successful HTTP status code.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1])

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A200

B404

C500

D302

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 404 or 500 which mean errors.

The status code 200 means the request was successful.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to return a 'Not Found' status code.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1])

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A404

B201

C400

D503

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 400 which means bad request, not not found.

The status code 404 means the requested resource was not found.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to return a server error status code.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1])

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A200

B404

C500

D301

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 404 which means not found, not server error.

The status code 500 means an internal server error occurred.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to return a redirect status code and the new location.

Rest API

return Response(status=[1], headers={'Location': [2])

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A302

B'/new-page'

C'/home'

D404

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 404 as status code for redirect.

302 is a redirect status code and 'Location' header tells where to go.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to return a JSON response with a success status and message.

Rest API

return Response(json=[1], status=[2], headers=[3])

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A{'message': 'Success'}

B200

C{}

D{'Content-Type': 'application/json'}

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Leaving headers empty or missing content type.

The JSON contains the message, status 200 means success, and header sets content type.