200-901 Understanding and Using APIs Practice Question
When using the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API with pagination, the Link header in the response contains <https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations?perPage=10&startingAfter=123>; rel="next". What does this indicate?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The API uses cursor-based pagination; the next page can be retrieved using the provided URL.
The Link header with rel="next" provides the URL for the next page of results; cursor-based pagination is used via startingAfter.
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The API uses offset-based pagination and the next offset is 123.
Why it's wrong here
startingAfter is a cursor, not offset.
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The request should be retried after 123 seconds.
Why it's wrong here
That would be Retry-After header.
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The response is limited to 10 items, and 123 items remain.
Why it's wrong here
The number 123 is a cursor, not a count.
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The API uses cursor-based pagination; the next page can be retrieved using the provided URL.
Why this is correct
Link header with next indicates next page URL.
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