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Which two encoding methods are supported by REST APIs? (Choose two.)

A. SGML
B. YAML
C. XML
D. JSON
E. EBCDIC

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Suggested Answer: CD 🗳️
The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) REST API is a programmatic interface that uses REST architecture. The API accepts and returns HTTP
(not enabled by default) or HTTPS messages that contain JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents.
Reference:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/2-x/rest_cfg/2_1_x/b_Cisco_APIC_REST_API_Configuration_Guide/ b_Cisco_APIC_REST_API_Configuration_Guide_chapter_01.html

by ansari at May 7, 2020, 12:43 p.m.

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ataraxium

Highly Voted 4 years, 3 months ago

JSON, XML = REST API YAML = Ansible

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lordnano

3 years, 8 months ago

YAML is used in Ansible but you wouldn't say "= Ansible". Actually the whole question is strange as also boghota shoed. It underlines a bit Ciscos conservative network background.

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boghota

Highly Voted 4 years ago

"Unlike SOAP-based web services, there is no "official" standard for RESTful web APIs. This is because REST is an architectural style, while SOAP is a protocol. REST is not a standard in itself, but RESTful implementations make use of standards, such as HTTP, URI, JSON, and XML." - Wikipedia REST = REpresentational State Transfer (it can use XML, JSON and some other but JSON is the most popular choice) SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol (uses XML for all messages) API = Application Programming Interface https://www.soapui.org/learn/api/soap-vs-rest-api/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer

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Most Recent 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: CD

C & D are correct

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Ciscoman021

1 year, 8 months ago

Selected Answer: CD

The two encoding methods that are supported by REST APIs are: C. XML D. JSON

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ZayaB

3 years, 9 months ago

Here is the broken link: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/2-x/rest_cfg/2_1_x/b_Cisco_APIC_REST_API_Configuration_Guide/b_Cisco_APIC_REST_API_Configuration_Guide_chapter_01.html

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mikexb

4 years, 5 months ago

Reference link is broken...

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ponder

4 years, 5 months ago

https://community.cisco.com/t5/nso-developer-hub-documents/rest-api-basics/ta-p/3635342

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