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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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, including GET, PUT, etc.

This course is geared toward intermediate users who have a basic understanding of Python and want to improve their skills in using existing REST APIs and building their REST API implementations.

Python REST API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Before we start building our server, we need to know the answers to a few questions:
* What will be the resource that our server works with? What does it contain?
* What are the operations on the resource that will be supported by our server?
* What will happen when an operation is performed on the resource?
* What will the API endpoints provided by the server look like?

To answer these questions, we'll be defining the use case that we'll follow throughout this part of the course.

Let's begin with understanding the REST methods.

# REST methods

APIs, regardless of whether they are REST or SOAP, expose four fundamental operations and their variations. Those fundamental operations are Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD). The main characteristic feature of REST is that it's based on HTTP specs. Hence, the APIs must also map the CRUD operations to the HTTP methods and specs. The corresponding HTTP methods are POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE.

Learn how to design a REST API using HTTP verbs along with the resource, operations, and API endpoints.

Introduction

Client

Server

Project: Tickets API

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Designing REST APIs

REST methods