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Development Tools HTTP Basics Introduction to HTTP Sending Data with a GET Request

Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points
Posted by Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points

HTTP request: Fill in the missing symbols of the query string in the request line of the following HTTP request:

Hi All, I am struggling with this problem here..

GET /books___type_kindle___sort=popular HTTP/1.1

Host: amazon.com Accept-Language: en-US

i placed in /books?name=value1&type=value2&kindle=true&

and im getting incorrect. not too sure how to solve this. Help!

4 Answers

Michael Afanasiev
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Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points
Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points

We search for books with ? the type needs to be equal = to kindle, and & we have to sort it by popularity. Basically it should be GET /books?type=kindle&sort=popular HTTP/1.1

Amal Shanker
Amal Shanker
7,200 Points

Thanks for providing the context Michael

mattiapontonio
mattiapontonio
14,991 Points

Thank You Michael

adam knapp
adam knapp
2,188 Points

thank you for the answer. Was this covered in the video? I don't recall it?

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Kevin,

For this quiz, the first blank get the question mark (?). As this will start the GET request.

The second blank gets the equal sign (=), because it needs to know what the 'type' is equal to.

The final blank gets the ampersand (&), because it is adding additional parameters.

Hope that helps. :dizzy:

Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points
Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points

Appreciate the help Jason! Thank you!

Michael Afanasiev
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Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points
Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points

Hi Kevin,

You only need to put the operators ? = & in their correct places.

Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points
Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points

Hello Michael,

So basically.. /books?=&type=&kindle=&sort=popular HTTP/1.1 ?

I tried this.. still nothing :(

Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points
Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points

totally confused and lost. I know its /get?resource=value1&resource2=value2&resource3=value3 But i tried that format it is not working.

Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points
Kevin Veerasammy
Kevin Veerasammy
7,786 Points

WOW THAT SIMPLE!! THANKS MICHAEL! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! I was wrestling with this all morning!!

Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points
Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points

Haha don't worry Kevin, I was struggling with this one too at first! Glad I could help you out!