REST APIs with Flask

2.

HTTP Protocol Fundamentals

2.1.

Introduction to HTTP

2.1.1.

Protocol Overview

2.1.2.

2.1.3.

Connection Management

2.2.

Structure of HTTP Requests

2.2.1.

2.2.2.

Headers Section

2.2.3.

2.3.

Structure of HTTP Responses

2.3.1.

2.3.2.

Headers Section

2.3.3.

2.4.

2.4.1.

2.4.1.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.1.2.

Idempotent Nature

2.4.1.3.

Query Parameters

2.4.2.

2.4.2.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.2.2.

Request Body Usage

2.4.2.3.

Non-Idempotent Nature

2.4.3.

2.4.3.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.3.2.

Idempotent Updates

2.4.3.3.

Full Resource Replacement

2.4.4.

2.4.4.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.4.2.

Idempotent Deletion

2.4.4.3.

Soft vs Hard Deletion

2.4.5.

2.4.5.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.5.2.

Partial Updates

2.4.5.3.

JSON Patch Format

2.4.6.

2.4.6.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.6.2.

CORS Preflight Requests

2.4.7.

2.4.7.1.

Purpose and Use Cases

2.4.7.2.

Metadata Retrieval

2.5.

HTTP Status Codes

2.5.1.

1xx Informational

2.5.1.1.

2.5.1.2.

101 Switching Protocols

2.5.2.

2.5.2.1.

2.5.2.2.

2.5.2.3.

2.5.2.4.

2.5.3.

3xx Redirection

2.5.3.1.

301 Moved Permanently

2.5.3.2.

2.5.3.3.

304 Not Modified

2.5.4.

4xx Client Error

2.5.4.1.

400 Bad Request

2.5.4.2.

401 Unauthorized

2.5.4.3.

2.5.4.4.

2.5.4.5.

405 Method Not Allowed

2.5.4.6.

2.5.4.7.

422 Unprocessable Entity

2.5.5.

5xx Server Error

2.5.5.1.

500 Internal Server Error

2.5.5.2.

502 Bad Gateway

2.5.5.3.

503 Service Unavailable

2.6.

2.6.1.

Common Request Headers

2.6.1.1.

2.6.1.2.

2.6.1.3.

2.6.1.4.

2.6.2.

Common Response Headers

2.6.2.1.

2.6.2.2.

2.6.2.3.

2.6.2.4.

2.6.3.

2.6.3.1.

Naming Conventions

2.6.3.2.

Security Considerations

2.7.

Request and Response Body

2.7.1.

2.7.2.

2.7.3.

Character Encoding

2.7.4.

Content Negotiation

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