Practice Use Exceptions And Error Handling When Calling Apis Or Loading External Data (5.4)

Practice: Use exceptions and error handling when calling APIs or loading external data

Lesson 5.4Working with External Libraries and APIs

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Question 1.
What is a try-except block used for?
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Think about how it can prevent crashes.
Question 2.
Name one type of error that can occur when calling an API.
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Consider connectivity issues.
3Question 3.
What does a try-except block accomplish?
- Stops the program
- Handles exceptions
- Fixes bugs
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What does it allow the program to do?
4Question 4.
True or False: You can only have one except statement in a try-except block.
- True
- False
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Consider the flexibility of handling different errors.
Question 5.
Create a Python function that fetches data from an API and handles any potential errors while logging them, returning a default value in case of error.
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What do you need to do both in the try and except?
Question 6.
Write a script that attempts to read a file. If the file does not exist, raise a custom exception and log the error.
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Think about how custom exceptions help clarify issues.

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