Practice Example with requests + BeautifulSoup - 4.2 | Chapter 12: Working with External Libraries and APIs | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does the requests library in Python do?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how we interact with web services.

Question 2

Easy

What is JSON?

πŸ’‘ Hint: It's commonly used in APIs.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What method is commonly used to retrieve data from an API?

  • GET
  • POST
  • DELETE

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the basic HTTP methods.

Question 2

True or False: BeautifulSoup can only parse JSON.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the different formats BeautifulSoup can handle.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Create a Python function that accepts a URL and returns all titles (h1 tags) from that webpage.

πŸ’‘ Hint: You will need both requests and BeautifulSoup to achieve this.

Question 2

Using the requests library, show how you would handle timeouts when making a request.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about proper error handling when you make requests.

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