200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
When using the NX-API on Cisco NX-OS, which HTTP method is used to send CLI commands in JSON format?
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POST
NX-API uses POST requests to the /ins endpoint with a JSON body containing the CLI commands and the type (cli_show or cli_conf).
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POST
Why this is correct
Correct. CLI commands are sent via POST to /ins.
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PUT
Why it's wrong here
PUT is not used for NX-API.
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GET
Why it's wrong here
GET is not used for sending CLI commands via NX-API.
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PATCH
Why it's wrong here
PATCH is not used for NX-API.
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