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API

Working with REST APIs using the requests and httpx libraries.

3 levels 14 topics 71 exercises

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Beginner

6 topics · 31 exercises

Your First Request Make your first HTTP request with the requests library and read the response. 5 tasks Query Parameters Filter, search, sort, and paginate API results using query parameters. 6 tasks Working with Categories Fetch and explore product categories, then use them to filter the product list. 5 tasks Pagination Iterate through multi-page API responses to collect all results. 5 tasks Headers and the Echo Endpoint Add custom HTTP headers to requests and use the echo endpoint to inspect what you send. 5 tasks Redirects Understand HTTP redirects, inspect redirect chains, and control whether requests follows them. 5 tasks

Intermediate

5 topics · 25 exercises

Token Authentication Register a user, obtain an auth token, and make authenticated API requests. 5 tasks JWT Authentication Use JSON Web Tokens for authentication, understand access/refresh token flow, and handle token refresh. 5 tasks Shopping Cart Add, update, and remove cart items using authenticated requests. 5 tasks Orders Place orders from your cart and inspect your order history. 5 tasks User Profile Read and update a user profile with GET, PATCH, and PUT requests. 5 tasks

Advanced

3 topics · 15 exercises

API Client Class Wrap an API in a reusable class using requests.Session for clean, maintainable code. 5 tasks Error Handling Handle HTTP errors, network failures, and timeouts robustly in API scripts. 5 tasks Async Requests with httpx Use httpx with asyncio to make concurrent API requests and speed up multi-call scripts. 5 tasks