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Welcome back. This lesson takes us deep into using REST APIs.

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First, we'll see how to use

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the request module to generate long URLs with query parameters,

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and automatically substitute for text characters that aren't permitted in URLs.

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Next, I'll show you what to look for in the documentation for REST API.

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Third, I'll give you some hints for debugging requests,

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when they don't work right the first time,

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and we'll conclude by introducing the caching pattern.

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It's especially useful when using the request module,

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so that you don't run into rate limits or problems of

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servers being inaccessible from the Runestone textbook.

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At the end of this lesson,

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you should be able to read the documentation for a REST API,

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extract the key information you need to use the request module to interact with it.

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Debug your invocations of request.get,

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and understand how our requests with caching module works.

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Bye for now. I'll see you at the end.