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Return Proper HTTP Status Codes Table in Python

Mock HTTP status code table with proper numeric and textual representations, including formatted status lines and a filtered table view.

http-status api mock
Python
# Mock HTTP status code table with proper numeric and textual representations

codes = {
    200: "OK",
    201: "Created",
    204: "No Content",
    301: "Moved Permanently",
    302: "Found",
    304: "Not Modified",
    400: "Bad Request",
    401: "Unauthorized",
    403: "Forbidden",
    404: "Not Found",
    50…
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API design & gRPC easy

Serve Swagger UI with Python's built-in HTTP server

Hosts a self-contained Swagger UI with a mock OpenAPI spec using only Python's standard library HTTP server.

swagger openapi http-server
Python
from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
import os
import tempfile

SWAGGER_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Mock Swagger UI</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/swagger-ui-dist@4/swagger-ui.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div id="swagger-ui"></div>
    <script src…
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API design & gRPC easy

Sort Python list by query param order_by

Sort a list of dataclass objects dynamically by a field name passed as a query param, with asc/desc direction support.

sorting dataclasses api
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass


@dataclass
class Item:
    name: str
    price: int


def sort_items(items, order_by, direction="asc"):
    if order_by not in ("name", "price"):
        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported sort field: {order_by}")

    reverse = direction.lower() == "desc"
    return sorted(items, key=l…
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