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Which two design considerations should be considered when building a Cisco Meraki dashboard out of available APIs? (Choose two)
The correct answer is A. API call volume is rate-limited to five calls per second per organization. C. Access to the API must first be enabled by using the settings for an organization. The Cisco Meraki Dashboard API enforces a rate limit of five API calls per second per organization and requires API access to be explicitly enabled in the organization settings before any API calls can succeed.
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- AAPI call volume is rate-limited to five calls per second per organization.
- BThe API version does not need to be specified in the URL.
- CAccess to the API must first be enabled by using the settings for an organization.
- DThe API requests require the key and the user credentials.
- EThe API key is shared, it cannot be regenerated.
How the community answered
(16 responses)- A94% (15)
- B6% (1)
Why each option
The Cisco Meraki Dashboard API enforces a rate limit of five API calls per second per organization and requires API access to be explicitly enabled in the organization settings before any API calls can succeed.
Cisco Meraki enforces a rate limit of five API calls per second per organization, and exceeding this threshold results in HTTP 429 responses; dashboards that poll frequently must implement throttling logic to stay within this limit.
The Meraki API version must be explicitly included in the URL path (e.g., '/api/v1/'); omitting it results in an error because the base URL without a version is not a valid endpoint.
API access to the Meraki Dashboard is disabled by default and must be enabled by an organization administrator under Organization > Settings > Dashboard API access; without this step, all API requests return a 404 or unauthorized error.
Meraki API requests require only the API key passed in the 'X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key' header; user credentials such as username and password are not used for API authentication.
A Meraki organization administrator can regenerate their API key at any time from their profile page; the key is not permanent and regenerating it immediately invalidates the old key.
Concept tested: Cisco Meraki Dashboard API rate limits and access configuration
Source: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/getting-started/
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