Managing Cisco Products Using Advanced API-based Methods

By Nick Russo
If you've ever been frustrated trying to work with new product APIs or sort through outdated code examples, this course is for you. You'll focus on modern Cisco products while sprinkling in some advanced HTTP-related API client techniques.
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Level
Intermediate
Updated
Dec 5, 2019
Duration
2h 43m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Introducing API Optimizations and the Cisco Meraki APIs
Introducting API Error Handling Techniques 5m Meraki Architecture and Capabilities 2m Demo: Collect SSIDs Using the Meraki Dashboard API 5m Demo: Modify SSID Configuration Using the Meraki Dashboard API 5m Demo: Preparing to Collect Meraki Client Location Data 9m Demo: Configuring Meraki to Send Location Data with Mock Tests 5m Module Summary 1m
Collecting Client Health Details from Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center Capabilities Refresher 3m Demo: Collecting Overall Client Health 6m Demo: Handling API Timeouts from the DNA Center API 3m Demo: Collecting Health Details from a Specific Client 6m Demo: Handling API Rate Limits from the DNA Center API 4m Module Summary 1m
Working with Cisco UCS Manager and Intersight APIs
Understanding UCS Manager Service Profiles and Templates 3m Demo: Creating a New Service Profile Template 5m Demo: Creating a New Service Profile to Provision New Servers 6m Using Cloud-based Cisco Intersight to Control UCS Managers 2m Demo: Integrating UCS Manager and Intersight 5m Demo: Collecting Data via the Intersight REST API 8m Module Summary 1m
Managing Firewall Policies and Chat Bots
Next-generation Security with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) 2m Demo: Managing Network Objects via the FTD REST API 10m Demo: Handling HTTP Pagination from the FTD REST API 7m Implementing ChatOps in Cisco Webex Teams 3m Demo: Creating a Bot and Registering a New Webhook 8m Demo: Webhook Processing and Interactive Bot Testing 9m Utilizing High-quality Software Development Kits (SDKs) 2m Module Summary 1m
Optimizing Content Delivery and Hosting Location
Why Do We Need HTTP Caching? 3m Cache-Control Flow and Header Options 4m Demo: HTTP Caching in Action 7m Distributing Applications with Cisco IOS-XE App Hosting 4m Demo: Building and Exporting the Simplified CRM App 7m Demo: Running the CRM App on a Cisco Catalyst 9300 Switch 5m Instrumenting Your Application Components with Cisco AppDynamics 3m Course Summary 1m
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Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Dec 5, 2019
Duration
2h 43m
Description

Even skilled developers have to overcome learning barriers when interacting with new product APIs. In this course, Managing Cisco Products Using Advanced API-based Methods, you will gain the ability to write client-side Python code to perform common operations on a variety of Cisco products. First, you will learn some of the most common HTTP optimizations, such as traversing pages, complying with rate limits, and handling API timeouts/errors. Next, you will dig into a wide variety of Cisco products to perform an equally diverse set of tasks. Some examples include consuming location data from Cisco Meraki, collecting client health from DNA Center, managing Firepower network objects, building an interactive Webex Teams Chat Bot, and many more. Finally, you will explore peripheral topics like HTTP cache optimization and Docker container hosting on Cisco networking products. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Cisco API interaction needed to maximize value from the Cisco equipment deployed in your workplace.

About the author
Nick Russo
About the author

Nick Russo, CCDE #20160041 and CCIE #42518, is your go-to-guy for all things networking and automation. Nick loves training online and speaking at industry conferences sharing his expertise.

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Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Nick Russo, and welcome to my course on Managing Cisco Products Using Advanced API‑based Methods. This course will sharpen your Python programming skills in both depth and breadth when it comes to interacting with modern Cisco APIs. Together, we'll explore a wide variety of programming techniques applied to many Cisco products; general handling of API rate limiting, content caching, and pagination; collecting information from DNA Center, Meraki, and Intersight; managing firepower threat defense security policies; building interactive chatbots in Webex Teams; and deploying Docker apps onto a Catalyst switch. After completing this course, you will be able to programmatically interact with Cisco APIs across many technology verticals. Before beginning this course, I'd recommend the following prerequisite courses. This course is just one of many in a long saga. The prerequisite courses demonstrate how to use a variety of Cisco DevNet resources, which are critical skills to know for this course. I'm assuming you already have a strong background in Python programming and at least some experience in interfacing with modern Cisco APIs. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn about Managing Cisco Products Using Advanced API‑based Methods, at Pluralsight.

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