HTTP request methods for IoT (GET, POST, PUT) in IOT Protocols - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to send a request that retrieves data from a device.

IOT Protocols

http_request.method = "[1]"

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AGET

BPOST

CPUT

DDELETE

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of GET to retrieve data.

The GET method is used to request data from a device without changing it.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to send data to a device to create a new resource.

IOT Protocols

http_request.method = "[1]"

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APOST

BGET

CPUT

DPATCH

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing POST with GET or PUT methods.

POST is used to send data to a device to create a new resource or trigger an action.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to update an existing device resource.

IOT Protocols

http_request.method = "[1]"

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APOST

BGET

CDELETE

DPUT

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using POST instead of PUT to update data.

PUT is used to update or replace an existing resource on the device.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to complete the code that sends data to update a device resource.

IOT Protocols

http_request.method = "[1]"
http_request.payload = [2]

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APUT

B{"temperature": 22}

CGET

D{"status": "on"}

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using GET method with a payload, which is not standard.

PUT method is used to update the resource, and the payload contains the new data.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a POST request with a JSON payload to add a new device setting.

IOT Protocols

http_request.method = "[1]"
http_request.headers = {"Content-Type": "[2]"}
http_request.payload = [3]

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APOST

Bapplication/json

C{"mode": "eco"}

DPUT

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using PUT instead of POST for creating new data.

POST is used to create new data, the header specifies JSON content, and the payload contains the new setting.