Web Fundamentals, HTTP & REST APIs

What you will be able to do

• Explain requests, responses and status codes
• Design clean REST endpoints
• Call APIs from Python

What you will learn

1. 17.1How the Web Works4 lessons

   What happens on every request. HTTP methods and status codes, Headers and cookies, HTTPS.

   1. HTTP Methods and Status Codes20 min
   2. Headers and Cookies20 min
   3. HTTPS, TLS and Certificates22 min
   4. How the Web Works Checkpoint25 min
2. 17.2REST API Design4 lessons

   APIs people like to use. Resources and URLs, Pagination and filtering, Errors and versioning.

   1. Resources and URLs22 min
   2. Pagination and Filtering22 min
   3. Errors and Versioning22 min
   4. REST API Design Checkpoint25 min
3. 17.3Calling APIs4 lessons

   Talk to other services. httpx and requests, Timeouts and retries, API keys.

   1. Calling APIs with httpx and requests22 min
   2. Timeouts and Retries24 min
   3. API Keys and Secrets22 min
   4. Calling APIs Checkpoint25 min