200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
A developer is working with Meraki API to list all clients on a network. The response is paginated. Which parameter allows the developer to specify the starting point for the next page?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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startingAfter
Meraki uses startingAfter and endingBefore parameters for cursor-based pagination.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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nextToken
Why it's wrong here
Meraki's API returns pagination links and a Link header for the next page; nextToken is not a recognised Meraki parameter, so it cannot set the starting point. It is tempting because token-based paging is common in other APIs, and would be correct there, but Meraki uses perPage and startingAfter.
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startingAfter
Why this is correct
`startingAfter` accepts the identifier of the last record from the previous page, so the Meraki API returns only records positioned after it. This directly satisfies the stem's requirement to specify the starting point for the next page, unlike `perPage`, which only controls page size.
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page
Why it's wrong here
Meraki's pagination uses an opaque cursor token, not a page number; the starting-point parameter is startingAfter (or perPage for size). A page parameter suits offset-style APIs that expose numbered pages, which Meraki does not, so it cannot resume the next page here.
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offset
Why it's wrong here
Meraki's Link header supplies the next-page URL, so the developer follows that rather than computing a start position. Offset pagination is tempting because it works with APIs that accept numeric skip counts, such as SQL-style endpoints, but Meraki's cursor-based scheme ignores it.
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