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37. Safe Network Requests and APIs

Network communication must use HTTPS, validate responses, and handle timeouts.

Insecure Example​

import requests
response = requests.get("http://example.com/api/data")  # HTTP - no encryption!
print(response.text)

Secure Example​

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://example.com/api/data",
    timeout=5,
    verify=True
)
if response.status_code == 200:
    print("Data received:", response.json())

✅ Lesson: Always use HTTPS, set timeouts, and check response codes.