Error response structure in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the HTTP status code for an error response.

Rest API

response.status_code = [1]

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A404

B200

C500

D302

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 which means success.

Using 302 which is for redirection.

The status code 500 indicates an internal server error, which is commonly used for error responses.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the JSON error response body with the correct key for the error message.

Rest API

{
  "error": {
    "[1]": "Resource not found"
  }
}

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Amessage

Bcode

Cstatus

Ddetail

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'code' which usually holds numeric error codes.

Using 'status' which is often the HTTP status code.

The key message is commonly used to describe the error details in the response body.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the error response JSON by completing the missing key for the error code.

Rest API

{
  "error": {
    "[1]": 404,
    "message": "Not Found"
  }
}

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Astatus

Bcode

Cerror_code

Dhttp_code

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'status' which can be confused with HTTP status.

Using 'http_code' which is less common.

The key code is the standard way to represent the error code in many APIs.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a complete error response with status and message keys.

Rest API

{
  "error": {
    "[1]": 401,
    "[2]": "Unauthorized access"
  }
}

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Acode

Bmessage

Cstatus

Ddetail

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Swapping the keys or using uncommon key names.

The status key holds the error code, and message holds the error description.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a detailed error response with code, message, and details keys.

Rest API

{
  "error": {
    "[1]": 403,
    "[2]": "Forbidden",
    "[3]": "You do not have permission to access this resource."
  }
}

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Acode

Bmessage

Cdetails

Dstatus

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'status' instead of 'code'.

Confusing 'details' with 'message'.

The code key holds the error number, message gives a short description, and details provides more information.