200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
A network engineer is using Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF to retrieve the hostname of a device. The device has already enabled netconf-yang and restconf. Which URL path should be used?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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/restconf/data/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname
The hostname is under Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname in the YANG model. RESTCONF uses the module name and path.
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/restconf/data/hostname
Why it's wrong here
Missing the YANG module prefix.
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/restconf/data/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname
Why this is correct
This is the correct RESTCONF path for hostname using the native YANG model.
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/restconf/operations/hostname
Why it's wrong here
Operations are used for RPCs, not data retrieval.
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/restconf/config/Cisco-IOS-XE-native:native/hostname
Why it's wrong here
RESTCONF uses /data for both config and state data.
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