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Python REST API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Gain insights into using Python to consume and create REST APIs, delving into HTTP methods like GET and PUT. Ideal for enhancing intermediate Python skills.

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31 Lessons

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Gain insights into using Python to consume and create REST APIs, delving into HTTP methods like GET and PUT. Ideal for enhancing intermediate Python skills.

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8 Quizzes

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Course Overview

REST is the most used mechanism to publish APIs for general consumption. Each language has its own set of libraries and methods that help a developer consume these APIs. This course will teach you how to use Python and its libraries for consuming and creating REST APIs in the easiest way possible. In the first part of this course, you’ll learn how to work with Python in using REST APIs for various scenarios. Then, in the second part, you’ll focus on building your own REST APIs using the HTTP methods, inclu...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of the fundamentals of REST and connecting to a REST API server

The ability to connect to a server with SSL while ignoring verification and using the server’s certificate

Familiarity with consuming response content

Hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs using GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE

The ability to choose an appropriate framework for Python

The ability to inform clients about supported operations using OPTIONS

An understanding of the fundamentals of REST and connecting to a REST API server

Course Content

Introduction

4 Lessons

Step through essential REST API principles, its terminology, distinctiveness, and practical applications.

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What Is REST?

How Does REST Differ from SOAP and RPC?

Quiz on REST

Client

6 Lessons

Get started with client-server connections, SSL configurations, and consuming JSON response in Python.

Choose an Appropriate Library

Connect to a Server

Connect to a Server with SSL: How to Ignore Verification

Connect to a Server with SSL: How to Use the Certificate

Consume Response Content

Quiz on Client

Server

20 Lessons

Examine designing, implementing, and handling GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and OPTIONS methods in REST APIs with Flask.

Designing REST APIs

Quiz on Designing REST APIs

Choose an Appropriate Framework

Design the GET Endpoint for Listing Products

Implement GET Endpoint for Listing Products

Design the GET Endpoint for Getting Details of a Specific Product

Implement GET Endpoint for Getting Details of a Specific Product

Quiz on GET Method

Design the POST Endpoint for Creating a New Product

Implement the POST Endpoint for Creating a New Product

Quiz on POST Method

Design the PUT Endpoint for Updating an Existing Product

Implement the PUT Endpoint for Updating an Existing Product

Quiz on PUT Method

Design the DELETE Endpoint for Removing an Existing Product

Implement the DELETE Endpoint for Removing an Existing Product

Quiz on DELETE Method

Design OPTIONS to Inform Clients About Supported Operations

Implementing OPTIONS to Inform Clients About Supported Operation

Quiz on OPTIONS Method

Project: Tickets API

Project

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of REST API principles, Flask framework, and basic to advanced REST concepts.

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