200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
Which Meraki API response header provides information for paginating through a large result set?
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Link
Meraki uses the Link header (LinkHeader) with 'next' and 'prev' URLs, or alternatively the startingAfter/endingBefore parameters. The Link header is standard for pagination.
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Content-Range
Why it's wrong here
Content-Range describes byte ranges within a single response body, not Meraki's page-based pagination. It is tempting because it is a genuine HTTP header used for partial content retrieval, but Meraki paginates via the Link header's rel="next" URL.
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Link
Why this is correct
The Link response header returns RFC 5988 web-linking metadata, including rel="next", rel="prev", rel="first" and rel="last" URLs. This satisfies the stem's pagination constraint: Meraki's API caps results per page, so clients follow the rel="next" URL to retrieve subsequent records until no further link is supplied.
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X-RateLimit-Remaining
Why it's wrong here
X-RateLimit-Remaining reports how many API calls remain in the current rate-limit window, not pagination position. It is tempting because it appears in Meraki response headers alongside pagination links, but it governs throttling, not navigating large result sets.
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Retry-After
Why it's wrong here
Retry-After tells the client how long to wait after a 429 rate-limit response before retrying. It is tempting because it is a Meraki response header, but it addresses backoff timing, not retrieving subsequent pages of a large result set.
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