Question

A SOC analyst maintains a Python script that iterates through a list of suspicious IP addresses and queries a threat intelligence REST API for each one. The script currently crashes and stops entirely whenever a single API call raises an exception (for example, a network timeout on one IP), leaving the remaining IPs unchecked. Which modification best ensures the script continues processing all IPs while still recording which lookups failed?

Accepted Answer

Wrap each individual API request inside a try/except block within the loop and log the exception before continuing to the next IP

Answer

Move the entire for loop inside a single try/except block so one handler covers all iterations

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Increase the API request timeout value so that no call ever fails

Answer

Add a time.sleep() delay between each request to prevent the exceptions from occurring