## Problem Implement an HTTP GET request handler. Given a URL string and optional query parameters, construct and send the request, then parse and return the response body as a string. Handle redirects (up to 3 hops) and surface HTTP error codes as exceptions. ```python def http_get(url: str, params: dict = None, timeout_ms: int = 5000) -> str: ... ``` **Example:** ``` Input: url="https://api.example.com/users", params={"page": 1, "limit": 10} Output: '{"users": [...], "total": 42}' Input: url="https://api.example.com/gone" Raises: HTTPError(404, "Not Found") ``` ## Follow-ups 1. How would you add retry logic with exponential backoff for 5xx responses? 2. The API rate-limits at 100 req/min. How do you enforce that client-side across concurrent callers? 3. How would you cache GET responses with TTL invalidation? 4. What changes if you need to stream a large response body instead of buffering it?

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Problem Implement an HTTP GET request handler. Given a URL string and optional query parameters, construct and send the request, then parse and return the response body as a string. Handle redirects (up to 3 hops) and surface HTTP error codes as exceptions. Example: Follow-ups How would you add retry logic with exponential backoff for 5xx responses? The API rate-limits at 100 req/min. How do you enforce that client-side across concurrent callers? How would you cache GET responses with TTL invali…

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