Resource expansion (embed related data) in Rest API - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to request expanded user data with embedded posts.

Rest API

GET /users/123?[1]=expand

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Aexpand

Bembed

Cinclude

Dattach

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'embed' or 'include' which might not be supported by the API.

Forgetting to add the query parameter.

The query parameter expand is commonly used to request related resources embedded in the response.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to embed comments when fetching posts.

Rest API

GET /posts?[1]=embed

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Aexpand

Binclude

Cfields

Dembed

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'expand' which might not work for this API.

Using 'fields' which is for selecting fields, not embedding.

The embed parameter is used here to include related comments inside each post.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the URL to correctly expand the 'author' data for each comment.

Rest API

GET /comments?expand=[1]

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Ausers

Bauthor

Cuser

Dauthors

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using plural form 'authors' which causes an error.

Using 'user' or 'users' which are incorrect resource names.

The related resource is singular author, matching the API's expected parameter.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to embed 'profile' and 'settings' data when fetching users.

Rest API

GET /users?[1]=embed&[2]=include

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Aembed

Bexpand

Cinclude

Dfields

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the same parameter twice.

Using 'fields' which is for selecting fields, not embedding.

Use embed and include parameters to request related data embedded in the response.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to select 'orders', embed 'items', and include 'shipping' data in a single request.

Rest API

GET /customers/456?[1]=fields&[2]=embed&[3]=include

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Aexpand

Bembed

Cinclude

Dfields

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'expand' for all parameters which may cause errors.

Mixing up 'embed' and 'include' parameters.

Use fields to select fields, embed to embed related items, and include to include shipping data.