Drag and Drop Question Refer to the exhibit. Drag and drop the code snippets from the bottom onto the blanks in the Python script to retrieve a list of network devices from Cisco DNA Center. Not all…

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This question tests knowledge of the Cisco DNA Center REST API authentication flow and HTTP request structure in Python, specifically how to authenticate using a token and call the network device inventory endpoint.

Approach. Blank 1 calls get_token() to first obtain a Bearer/session token from DNA Center's /dna/system/api/v1/auth/token endpoint - authentication must happen before any API call. Blank 2 places that token in the 'x-auth-token' header, which is the proprietary header DNA Center requires (not the standard 'Authorization' header used by Bearer-token APIs). Blank 3 uses the 'network-device' path segment in the URL (GET /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device) to query the device inventory. Blank 4 calls response.json() to deserialize the JSON payload returned by the API into a Python dictionary, since DNA Center responds with JSON - not XML.

Concept tested. Cisco DNA Center REST API authentication and device inventory retrieval - specifically the two-step flow (obtain token via POST, then pass it via the 'x-auth-token' header), the correct inventory endpoint ('network-device'), and JSON response parsing in Python.

Reference. Cisco DNA Center Platform API Guide - Authentication and Network Device API (developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center)

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