Media type versioning in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the media type version in the Accept header.

Rest API

headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.example.v[1]+json"}

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A1

Bv1

Cjson

Dversion1

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Common Mistakes

Including the 'v' in the version number again.

Using 'json' instead of the version number.

The version number in media type versioning is placed as a number after 'v' in the Accept header.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to check if the client requested version 2 in the Accept header.

Rest API

if request.headers.get('Accept') == 'application/vnd.example.v[1]+json':
    process_version_2()

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A2

B1

Cv2

Djson

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Common Mistakes

Adding an extra 'v' before the version number.

Using 'json' instead of the version number.

The Accept header should match the exact version number without repeating 'v'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the media type versioning string to correctly specify version 3.

Rest API

media_type = "application/vnd.example.[1]+json"

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Aversion3

Bv3

C3

Dv.3

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Common Mistakes

Using '3' alone without 'v'.

Adding dots or extra words in the version part.

The correct format includes 'v' followed immediately by the version number, like 'v3'.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a response with version 1 media type and JSON content.

Rest API

response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/vnd.example.[1]+[2]'

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Av1

Bjson

Cxml

Dv2

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Common Mistakes

Mixing version and format values.

Using 'xml' instead of 'json' for JSON content.

The Content-Type header must specify the version as 'v1' and the format as 'json'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to build a media type versioning Accept header for version 4 with XML format.

Rest API

accept_header = 'application/vnd.example.[1]+[2]; charset=[3]'

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Av4

Bxml

Cutf-8

Djson

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Common Mistakes

Using 'json' instead of 'xml' for XML format.

Omitting charset or using wrong encoding.

The Accept header includes version 'v4', format 'xml', and charset 'utf-8' for encoding.