REST API Online Test

Test real-world REST API skills that matter in a world with AI. Protected by AI proctoring.

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About the test

The REST API online test assesses knowledge of creating and using RESTful web services and underlying HTTP specifics.

The assessment includes solving work-sample tasks, such as:

  • Defining the endpoints for REST APIs.
  • Understanding the HTTP protocol.
  • Applying network security concepts.

A good software engineer should know how to create and use RESTful web services, make RESTful APIs and understand the underlying HTTP protocol in order to create and use web services for robust, scalable, and user-friendly web applications.

Sample public questions

Easy
2 min
mca
Public
REST API & HTTP
HTTP Life Cycle

A user types www.testdome.com into their browser's address bar for the first time, presses enter, the webpage loads, and renders successfully.

Select the statements that are correct.

Easy
3 min
mca
Public
REST API & HTTP
REST

A large library uses a REST API that integrates with the library's web page and mobile app.

The following graph contains the frequency of various HTTP status codes for the REST API:

Graph showing HTTP status codes

What can be concluded from this?

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7 more premium REST API questions

HTTP Post, Cookies, Candidates REST API, REST Communications, Web Protocol, Product Versioning, Order API.

Skills and topics tested

  • REST API & HTTP
  • HTTP
  • REST
  • Network Security
  • Protocol

For job roles

  • Software Developer
  • Web Developer
  • Web Front-End Developer

Sample candidate report

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with video, chat, and collaborative code editing.

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