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Using APIs for Network Automation

Using APIs for Network Automation

本课程是 Network Automation Engineering Fundamentals 专项课程的一部分

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This course will provide a solid foundation for understanding how APIs are utilized in network automation by discussing important topics such as data encoding formats, REST APIs, and the Python Requests library. Upon completion of the course, you will be equipped with the necessary skills to utilize APIs in your network automation solution and be able to describe the usefulness of APIs in this context.

This course is primarily intended for network engineers, systems engineers, network architects, and managers interested in learning the fundamentals of network automation and network APIs. By the end of the course, you will be able to: - Describe the need for data encoding formats and study various data encoding formats. - Interpret and construct HTTP-Based APIs calls to network devices. - Construct and interpret Python scripts using the Python requests module to automate devices that have HTTP-based APIs. To be successful in this course, you should be proficient in fundamental network routing & switching technologies, understand the basics of Python programming (3-6 mos exp.) and have some familiarity with Linux.

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In this module, we will review the topics and what you will learn in this course.

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1个视频2篇阅读材料1个讨论话题

The foundational programming topic of data encoding formats is an essential skill for understanding the more advanced concepts like APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and Python programmability. In this course, you will first learn about the two main data encoding formats, XML (extensible markup language) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), which are commonly used in APIs. This course also introduces YAML, a structured data format and markup language commonly used for configuration files in automation and is gaining popularity due to its ease of readability for humans.

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6个视频7篇阅读材料6个作业

6个视频总计43分钟

Module Introduction for Reviewing Data Formats and Data Encoding2分钟
Data Encoding Formats8分钟
JavaScript Object Notation7分钟
Extensible Markup Language10分钟
YAML Data Serialization Standard7分钟
Ask The Expert—Data Encoding Formats9分钟

7篇阅读材料总计29分钟

Data Encoding Formats6分钟
Serialization and Deserialization of Data3分钟
JavaScript Object Notation 4分钟
JSON in Python4分钟
Extensible Markup Language4分钟
Work with XML and JSON4分钟
YAML Data Serialization Standard4分钟

6个作业总计21分钟

Graded Quiz for Reviewing Data Formats and Data Encoding8分钟
Practice Quiz for Data Encoding Formats3分钟
Practice Quiz for JavaScript Object Notation4分钟
Practice Questions for Extensible Markup Language 3分钟
Practice Quiz for YAML Data Serialization Standard2分钟
Practice Quiz for Ask the Expert session1分钟

The application programming interface (API) enables unrelated applications to interface with each other without having to understand how each other works or share the same programmatic language. APIs are becoming more commonplace in today’s digital age and are enabling a world of automation and interactivity. Network Engineers need to understand how to leverage APIs as vendors like Cisco are designing APIs for many of their products, enabling the ease of Network Automation and creating more possibilities to interact with 3rd party non-networking products.

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7个视频6篇阅读材料7个作业

7个视频总计22分钟

Module Introduction to Introducing HTTP Network APIs3分钟
API Overview1分钟
HTTP-Based APIs3分钟
RESTful APIs vs. Non-RESTful APIs3分钟
Common API Constraints7分钟
Postman2分钟
Streaming Telemetry2分钟

6篇阅读材料总计23分钟

API Overview2分钟
HTTP-Based APIs3分钟
RESTful APIs vs. Non-RESTful APIs5分钟
Common API Constraints7分钟
Postman2分钟
Streaming Telemetry4分钟

7个作业总计17分钟

Graded Quiz for Introducing HTTP Network APIs7分钟
Practice Quiz for API Overview1分钟
Practice Quiz for HTTP-Based APIs2分钟
Practice Quiz for RESTful APIs vs. Non-RESTful APIs2分钟
Practice Quiz for Common API Constraints2分钟
Practice Quiz for Postman2分钟
Practice Quiz for Streaming Telemetry1分钟

Nearly any platform or commercial product comes with some sort of application programming interface (API) capability, many of which are HTTP APIs. These APIs can be used for machine-to-machine communication for network automation and can be the catalyst that you need to fully accelerate your network automation journey. You have seen how you can use Postman for testing and exploring HTTP APIs, but to do anything with the API, while in a programming language like Python, you need to use an HTTP client. One such client, which is presented in this section, is the Requests module for Python.