Chapter 4: HTTP Programming

  1. Which module is the easiest to use since it is designed to facilitate requests to a REST API?

The requests module.

  1. How is a POST request made by passing a dictionary-type data structure that would be sent in the body of the request?

response = requests.post(url, data=data)

  1. What is the correct way to make a POST request through a proxy server and modify the information of the headers at the same time?

requests.post(url,headers=headers,proxies=proxy)

  1. What data structure is necessary to mount if we need to send a request with requests through a proxy?

The dictionary data structure; for example, proxy = {“protocol”:”ip:port”}.

  1. How do we obtain the code of an HTTP request returned by the server if, ...

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