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Learn HTTP Clients in Python

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Lane Wagner

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Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.

12 hours

Completion

Certificate included

Format

Interactive coding

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What You'll Learn

Build HTTP clients and parse responses in Python

Implement async/await for concurrent HTTP requests

Master request headers and authentication

Handle JSON data in API responses

Understand and utilize HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE

Overview

Learn to build HTTP clients and master web APIs in Python. This interactive course covers everything from basic HTTP requests to advanced async programming, authentication, and API integration. You'll write real Python code to interact with live APIs, handle JSON responses, manage headers and authentication, and build concurrent HTTP clients using modern async/await patterns. Perfect for Python developers who want to work with web APIs, build API clients, or understand how HTTP communication works under the hood.

Table of Contents
1
Introduction to HTTP
2
Request and Response Structure
3
Status Codes
4
HTTP Methods Overview
5
Understanding DNS
6
URI Structure
7
Query Parameters
8
GET Requests
9
POST Requests
10
PUT and PATCH
11
DELETE Method
12
HEAD and OPTIONS
13
Common Request Headers
14
Response Headers
15
Authentication Headers
16
Content Negotiation
17
Working with JSON
18
Parsing JSON Responses
19
Sending JSON Data
20
Error Handling in JSON APIs
21
HTTP Error Codes
22
Retry Strategies
23
Exponential Backoff
24
Circuit Breakers
25
TLS/SSL Basics
26
Certificate Validation
27
Secure Headers
28
API Security Best Practices
29
Introduction to Async Programming
30
asyncio Basics
31
Concurrent HTTP Requests
32
aiohttp Library
33
Error Handling in Async Code
34
Building a Complete API Client
35
Rate Limiting Implementation
36
Testing Your Client
37
Performance Optimization
38
Project Submission

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