Cisco DevNet Associate Cert Prep 2: Understanding and Using APIs

Introduction

• Understand and use APIs
• What you should know

1. REST API Request Construction

• Application programming interface (API) request concepts
• API documentations and request constructs

2. Common Webhook Usage Patterns

• Webhook concepts
• Webhook in action

3. API Consumption Constraints

• Introduction to API constraints
• Additional API constraints

4. HTTP Response Header and Body

• HTTP response
• Common HTTP response codes
• Error and troubleshooting approaches

5. Common API Styles

• REST and RPC comparison
• Synchronous and asynchronous calls
• RPC in action

6. API Authentication

• API authentication concepts
• Using API authentication

7. Python API Example

• Python script for REST API call
• Python standard library and frameworks

Conclusion

• Next steps for learning more about APIs