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Python Requests Playbook

Knowing how to programmatically interact with APIs is crucial in the connected world of today. This course will teach you how to use the requests library to work with all kinds of HTTP endpoints.

What you'll learn

Modern applications require a lot of data from multiple online sources. . In this course, Python Requests Playbook, you’ll learn to utilize the requests library to make HTTP requests. First, you’ll explore how to make GET requests and analyze response objects. Next, you’ll discover how to send data to the server with other HTTP methods like POST and how to work with cookies, sessions and headers. Finally, you’ll learn how to authenticate your requests and handle redirects and timeouts. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of using the requests library needed to make HTTP requests to various HTTP compliant services.

Table of contents

Course Overview
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Course Introduction and the Requests Library
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Analyzing GET Requests and the Response Object
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Sending Data to the Server
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Providing and Receiving Additional Data with Headers
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Persisting Connections with Cookies and Sessions
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Working with Redirection and Timeouts
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Authenticating Requests for Secured APIs
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