This directory contains projects focused on understanding and implementing network-related tasks in Python. The tasks cover concepts such as making HTTP requests, handling HTTP responses, and using cURL for various network operations.
- What a URL is
- What HTTP is
- How to read a URL
- The scheme for a HTTP URL
- What a domain name is
- What a sub-domain is
- How to define a port number in a URL
- What a query string is
- What an HTTP request is
- What an HTTP response is
- What HTTP headers are
- What the HTTP message body is
- What an HTTP request method is
- What an HTTP response status code is
- What an HTTP Cookie is
- How to make a request with cURL
- What happens when you type google.com in your browser (Application level)
| Task | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0. cURL body size | 0-body_size.sh | Write a script that takes in a URL, sends a request to that URL, and displays the size of the body of the response. |
| 1. cURL to the end | 1-body.sh | Write a script that takes in a URL, sends a GET request to the URL, and displays the body of the response. |
| 2. cURL Method | 2-delete.sh | Write a script that sends a DELETE request to the URL passed as the first argument and displays the body of the response. |
| 3. cURL only methods | 3-methods.sh | Write a script that takes in a URL and displays all HTTP methods the server will accept. |
| 4. cURL headers | 4-header.sh | Write a script that takes in a URL as an argument, sends a GET request to the URL, and displays the body of the response with a custom header variable. |
| 5. cURL POST parameters | 5-post_params.sh | Write a script that takes in a URL, sends a POST request to the passed URL, and displays the body of the response. |
| 6. Find a peak | 6-peak.py, 6-peak.txt | Write a function that finds a peak in a list of unsorted integers. |
| 7. Only status code | 100-status_code.sh | Write a script that sends a request to a URL passed as an argument, and displays only the status code of the response. |
| 8. cURL a JSON file | 101-post_json.sh | Write a script that sends a JSON POST request to a URL passed as the first argument, and displays the body of the response. |
| 9. Catch me if you can! | 102-catch_me.sh | Write a script that makes a request to 0.0.0.0:5000/catch_me and causes the server to respond with a message containing "You got me!". |