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Learning Objectives

At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:

General

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)

Requirements

General

Allowed editors: vi, vim, emacs
A README.md file, at the root of the folder of the project, is mandatory
All your scripts will be tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
All your Bash scripts should be exactly 3 lines long (wc -l file should print 3)
All your files should end with a new line
All your files must be executable
The first line of all your bash files should be exactly #!/bin/bash
The second line of all your Bash scripts should be a comment explaining what is the script doing
All curl commands must have the option -s (silent mode)
All your files will be interpreted/compiled on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using python3 (version 3.8.5)
The first line of all your Python files should be exactly #!/usr/bin/python3
Your code should use the pycodestyle (version 2.8.*)
All your modules should be documented: python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").__doc__)'
All your classes should be documented: python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").MyClass.__doc__)'
All your functions (inside and outside a class) should be documented: python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").my_function.__doc__)' and python3 -c 'print(__import__("my_module").MyClass.my_function.__doc__)'
A documentation is not a simple word, it’s a real sentence explaining what’s the purpose of the module, class or method (the length of it will be verified)

Tasks

0. cURL body size

Write a Bash script that takes in a URL, sends a request to that URL, and displays the size of the body of the response

The size must be displayed in bytes

You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./0-body_size.sh 0.0.0.0:5000
10
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 0-body_size.sh

1. cURL to the end

Write a Bash script that takes in a URL, sends a GET request to the URL, and displays the body of the response

Display only body of a 200 status code response

You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./1-body.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_1 ; echo ""
Route 2
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 1-body.sh

2. cURL Method

Write a Bash script that sends a DELETE request to the URL passed as the first argument and displays the body of the response

You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./2-delete.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_3 ; echo ""
I'm a DELETE request
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 2-delete.sh

3. cURL only methods

Write a Bash script that takes in a URL and displays all HTTP methods the server will accept.

You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./3-methods.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_4
OPTIONS, HEAD, PUT
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 3-methods.sh

4. cURL headers

Write a Bash script that takes in a URL as an argument, sends a GET request to the URL, and displays the body of the response

A header variable X-School-User-Id must be sent with the value 98
You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./4-header.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_5 ; echo ""
Hello School!
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 4-header.sh

5. cURL POST parameters

Write a Bash script that takes in a URL, sends a POST request to the passed URL, and displays the body of the response

A variable email must be sent with the value test@gmail.com
A variable subject must be sent with the value I will always be here for PLD
You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./5-post_params.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_6 ; echo ""
POST params:
    email: test@gmail.com
    subject: I will always be here for PLD
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 5-post_params.sh

6. Find a peak

Technical interview preparation:

You are not allowed to google anything
Whiteboard first

Write a function that finds a peak in a list of unsorted integers.

Prototype: def find_peak(list_of_integers):
You are not allowed to import any module
Your algorithm must have the lowest complexity (hint: you don’t need to go through all numbers to find a peak)
6-peak.py must contain the function
6-peak.txt must contain the complexity of your algorithm: O(log(n)), O(n), O(nlog(n)) or O(n2)
Note: there may be more than one peak in the list

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ cat 6-main.py
#!/usr/bin/python3
""" Test function find_peak """
find_peak = __import__('6-peak').find_peak

print(find_peak([1, 2, 4, 6, 3]))
print(find_peak([4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1]))
print(find_peak([2, 2, 2]))
print(find_peak([]))
print(find_peak([-2, -4, 2, 1]))
print(find_peak([4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1]))

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./6-main.py
6
3
2
None
2
4
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ wc -l 6-peak.txt
2 6-peak.txt
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 6-peak.py, 6-peak.txt

7. Only status code

Write a Bash script that sends a request to a URL passed as an argument, and displays only the status code of the response.

You are not allowed to use any pipe, redirection, etc.
You are not allowed to use ; and &&
You have to use curl

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./100-status_code.sh 0.0.0.0:5000 ; echo ""
200
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./100-status_code.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/nop ; echo ""
404
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 100-status_code.sh

8. cURL a JSON file

Write a Bash script that sends a JSON POST request to a URL passed as the first argument, and displays the body of the response.

Your script must send a POST request with the contents of a file, passed with the filename as the second argument of the script, in the body of the request
You have to use curl

Please test your scripts in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ cat my_json_0
{
    "name": "John Doe",
    "age": 33
}
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./101-post_json.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_json my_json_0 ; echo ""
Valid JSON
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ cat my_json_1
I'm a JSON! really!
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./101-post_json.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_json my_json_1 ; echo ""
Not a valid JSON
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ cat my_json_2
{
    "name": "John Doe",
    "age": 33,
}
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./101-post_json.sh 0.0.0.0:5000/route_json my_json_2 ; echo ""
Not a valid JSON
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 101-post_json.sh

9. Catch me if you can!

Write a Bash script that makes a request to 0.0.0.0:5000/catch_me that causes the server to respond with a message containing You got me!, in the body of the response.

You have to use curl
You are not allow to use echo, cat, etc. to display the final result

Please test your script in the sandbox provided, using the web server running on port 5000

guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$ ./102-catch_me.sh ; echo ""
You got me!
guillaume@ubuntu:~/0x10$

Repo

GitHub repository: alx-higher_level_programming
Directory: 0x10-python-network_0
File: 102-catch_me.sh

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0. cURL body size

1. cURL to the end

2. cURL Method

3. cURL only methods

4. cURL headers

5. cURL POST parameters

6. Find a peak

7. Only status code

8. cURL a JSON file

9. Catch me if you can!

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Learning Objectives

General

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General

Tasks

0. cURL body size

1. cURL to the end

2. cURL Method

3. cURL only methods

4. cURL headers

5. cURL POST parameters

6. Find a peak

7. Only status code

8. cURL a JSON file

9. Catch me if you can!