Category: REST API

Week 2 of the Cisco DevNet Grind – EVERYTHING you will need for the DEVASC regarding REST APIs – Acronyms / Design / Status Codes / Webhooks / Troubleshooting!

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Intro to APIs API = Application Programming Interface, APIs define how users / developer / other applications can communicate with each other, API's will generally use web-services or web based communication however they can use unique protocols for proprietary APIs. API's not only provide communication, but also secured communication by several different methods, and all … Continue reading Week 2 of the Cisco DevNet Grind – EVERYTHING you will need for the DEVASC regarding REST APIs – Acronyms / Design / Status Codes / Webhooks / Troubleshooting! →

ENAUTO – RESTful APIs and RESTCONF completely reviewed, some much needed comparison to NETCONF, and configs!

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RESTCONF is the cousin of NETCONF which both use YANG Data Modeling to talk, although while I know NETCONF prefers XML as its choice of encoding data to communicate and SSHv2 via TCP Port 830 to communicate, I assume that is where we will see some differences between RESTCONF and NETCONF protocols. With that lets … Continue reading ENAUTO – RESTful APIs and RESTCONF completely reviewed, some much needed comparison to NETCONF, and configs! →

ENAUTO – In Depth API Review, REST API discussed, HTTP / CRUD review, and other details on all other things API!

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As will be discussed below in the REST API section, this pretty well represents the nature of REST API being a "Northbound" API, with Apps speaking to the Controller using it. However to begin with I want to completely re-iterate here what I've written in previous articles as you cannot practice typing / knowing this … Continue reading ENAUTO – In Depth API Review, REST API discussed, HTTP / CRUD review, and other details on all other things API! →