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Actual exam question from Cisco's 350-601

Question #: 234
Topic #: 1

An engineer is using REST API calls to configure the Cisco APIC. Which data structure must be used within a POST message to receive a login token?

A. {"aaaUser":{"attributes":{"name":"apiuser","pwd":"cisco123"}}}
B. <aaaUser><name="apiuser"/><pwd="cisco123"/></aaaUser>
C. {aaaUser:{attributes:{name:apiuser,pwd:cisco123}}}
D. <aaaUser><name>apiuser</name><pwd>cisco123</pwd></aaaUser>

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
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 unknowncode at Sept. 27, 2021, 3:19 p.m.

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GuyThatTakesDumps

7 months, 4 weeks ago

A is correct!

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designated

1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: A

A is correct { "aaaUser" : { "attributes" : { "name" : "georgewa", "pwd" : "paSSword1" } } }

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eddyedwards257

1 year, 6 months ago

It could be both Json and XML format

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Pakawat

1 year, 7 months ago

I should be A, as it is in correct JSON format. { "aaaUser" : { "attributes" : { "name" : "apiuser", "pwd" : "cisco123" } } }

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GG345

1 year, 7 months ago

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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unknowncode

1 year, 7 months ago

Answer should be B Authentication REST API username- and password-based authentication uses a special subset of request Universal Resource Identifiers (URIs), including aaaLogin, aaaLogout, and aaaRefresh as the DN targets of a POST operation. Their payloads contain a simple XML or JSON payload containing the MO representation of an aaaUser object with the attribute name and pwd defining the username and password: for example, <aaaUser name='admin' pwd='password'/>. The response to the POST operation will contain an authentication token as both a Set-Cookie header and an attribute to the aaaLogin object in the response named token, for which the XPath is /imdata/aaaLogin/@token if the encoding is XML. Subsequent operations on the REST API can use this token value as a cookie named APIC-cookie to authenticate future requests. 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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poy4242

1 year, 6 months ago

B use node instead of attribute so xml structure is wrong.

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RTL_dude

1 year, 3 months ago

Only A is correct. The correct XML format is even in your explanation: <aaaUser name='admin' pwd='password'/> Also described here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/1-x/api/rest/b_APIC_RESTful_API_User_Guide/performing_common_tasks.html#reference_9784F9F295D14677AF3BFB98287C3ED5

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