Code reviewMediumcr-p009

Subject Api contractLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this API change. The endpoint used to return 404 for a missing user; the PR changes it to:

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Code to reviewpython

1def get_user(id):2    u = User.get(id)3    if not u:4        return {'error': 'not found'}, 2005    return u, 200

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