Internet Standards & Encodings

URL Encoding

b'Dor\xc3\xa9naz'.decode("utf-8")

# Output:
# >>> 'Dorénaz'

import urllib.parse as urlparse
urlparse.quote("%*")
# Output:
# >>> '%25%2A'

urlparse.urlencode({"name": "Dorénaz"})
# Output:
# >>> 'name=Dor%C3%A9naz'

Date & Time Formats

Name	Format	Example
UNIX Time	int	1571081990
ISO 8601	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.ss	2019-10-14T12:33:10+00:00
RFC 3339	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ	2019-10-14T12:33:10.000Z
RFC (2)822/5322	ddd, DD MMM YYYY hh:mm:ss +zzzz	Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:33:10 +0000
RFC 7231	ddd, DD MMM YYYY hh:mm:ss GMT	Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:33:10 GMT

HTTP & URI

URI Formats

Name	Example
URI / URL	https://www.example.com:8080/path/to/resource?query=string#fragment
IRI / IRL	http://localhost/api/products/تلفاز
URI Template (RFC 6570)	https://www.example.com/{version}/path/to/{resource}
Ressource Formats	html, json, yaml, xml, binary, text

HTTP Methods

Name	Description
GET	Requests a representation of the specified resource
POST	Submits data to be processed to the specified resource
PUT	Uploads a representation of the specified resource
DELETE	Deletes the specified resource

HTTP Status Codes

Scheme:

Code	Name	Description
1xx	Informational	Request received, continuing process
2xx	Success	The action was successfully received, understood, and accepted
3xx	Redirection	Further action must be taken in order to complete the request
4xx	Client Error	The request contains bad syntax or cannot be fulfilled
5xx	Server Error	The server failed to fulfill an apparently valid request

Most common:

Code	Name	Description
100	Continue	The server has received the request headers, and the client should proceed
200	OK	Standard response for successful HTTP requests
201	Created	The request has been fulfilled, resulting in the creation of a new resource
202	Accepted	The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed
400	Bad Request	The server cannot or will not process the request due to an apparent client error
404	Not Found	The requested resource could not be found but may be available in the future
...	...	...

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