200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
A Meraki dashboard API request to list networks returns a paginated response. The engineer notices a Link header in the response. What does this header typically contain?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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A URL to the next page of results
Meraki uses Link headers for pagination, providing URLs for the next and previous pages.
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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The rate limit remaining
Why it's wrong here
The Link header carries pagination URLs (rel="next", "prev", "first", "last"), not rate-limit data. Rate-limit remaining is returned in the X-RateLimit-Remaining response header, so this confuses two distinct headers. It would be the right answer if the question asked where to read remaining API call quota.
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The total number of resources
Why it's wrong here
The Link header supplies hypermedia URLs for navigating pages, not a resource count. Totals appear in the response body's metadata or a dedicated count field. It would be correct if the question asked where the number of returned networks is stated, rather than how to follow pagination.
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A URL to the next page of results
Why this is correct
Meraki's REST API paginates large collections, returning a Link header containing the URL of the next page of results, often with rel="next". The engineer follows that URL to retrieve subsequent networks until no Link header remains, indicating the final page.
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An error message
Why it's wrong here
The Link header carries pagination URLs, typically rel="next", "prev", "first" or "last", telling the client how to fetch subsequent pages. Error details arrive in the response body or status code, so treating Link as an error message would break correct page traversal.
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