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CCSP · Question #371
Which data formats are most commonly used with the REST API?
The correct answer is C. XML and JSON. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) are the most commonly used data formats for the Representational State Transfer (REST) API, and are typically implemented with caching for increased scalability and performance.
Submitted by lukas.cz· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Application Security
Question
Which data formats are most commonly used with the REST API?
Options
- AJSON and SAML
- BXML and SAML
- CXML and JSON
- DSAML and HTML
How the community answered
(34 responses)- A3% (1)
- B6% (2)
- C91% (31)
Explanation
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) are the most commonly used data formats for the Representational State Transfer (REST) API, and are typically implemented with caching for increased scalability and performance.
Topics
#REST API#Data Formats#JSON#XML
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