200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
A developer is using the Meraki Dashboard API to list all networks in an organization. The response includes a Link header with rel="next". What does this indicate?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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There are additional data pages to retrieve.
Meraki uses Link headers for pagination; the next link indicates there are more pages of results to fetch.
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The organization ID is invalid.
Why it's wrong here
rel="next" indicates pagination, not an invalid organisation ID. An invalid ID returns a 404 or 400 error, not a Link header. It is tempting because both involve request problems, but the header simply provides the URL for the following page of results.
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There are additional data pages to retrieve.
Why this is correct
The Link header with rel="next" signals cursor-based pagination: the current response is one page, and further networks remain. The developer must request the URL given in that header to retrieve the next page, satisfying the constraint of listing all networks rather than only the first batch.
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The API version is deprecated and should be updated.
Why it's wrong here
A Link header with rel="next" signals pagination: more results exist at a subsequent URL, so the client must follow that link to retrieve the remaining networks. API version deprecation is conveyed through response codes or deprecation headers, not pagination links. Versioning headers would be the relevant mechanism when an endpoint is being retired.
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The request is rate-limited and needs to wait.
Why it's wrong here
Rate limiting uses a 429 status code with Retry-After header.
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