jneiman08182017 for staging

Author: jamesneimanconsulting

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 In this Learning Lab, you will learn the basics of consuming a REST API, and how to use POSTMAN to explore a REST API.
 
 
-## Objective ##
+## Objective
 
 Completion Time: 20 minutes
 

labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/1.md

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 If you want to know more about REST in general, this is a great <a href="http://rest.elkstein.org" target="_blank">REST tutorial</a>.
 
 
-### What is so great about REST?
+### What are the benefits of REST? 
 
 ***REST is easy to use on any platform***
 

labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/2.md

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 2. A ticket (token) is returned in response body.
 3. Include this token in the 'X-Auth-Token' header on all subsequent requests.
 
-### Using the API Reference Documentation ###
+### Using the API Reference Documentation
 
 The API Reference Documentation is where you can find the list of all of the API methods and the details for how to make each request. When you are starting to work with a new API,
 the API Reference is one of the most important sources of information.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Let's take a look at the Ticket API in APIC-EM.
 * On ticket, click **'POST' /ticket**.  This endpoint provides functionality to create a ticket.
     ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/refguide3.png)
 
-### What is in the Response? ###
+### What is in the Response?
 
 The API Reference includes information data attributes to be sent and returned. The returned data is defined in the Response portion which includes the HTTP status codes along with the data format and attributes to be returned.
 

labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/3.md

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 	* The **JSON** response contains a **serviceTicket** attribute. We've highlighted an example service ticket value. The actual value will be different. **Copy and paste this value into a text file to use for the next steps!**<br/><br/>
     ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/postman3.png "Response")
 
-#### Congrats! You just made your first REST API call! ####
+#### Congratulations! You just made your first REST API call!
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labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/5.md

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 1. In Postman append '?limit=1&offset=1' to the URL http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/host so reads as 'http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/host?limit=1&offset=1'.  Press the **Send** button. How does the return data differ?  Check the API Reference Guide for more information about the Get Host API call.
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-#### Congrats! You just made your first REST API call using the APIC-EM Service Ticket! ####
+#### Congratulations! You just made your first REST API call using the APIC-EM Service Ticket!
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labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/7.md

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 * Compare the change you just made in Get Network Devices API call versus the change you made in the Get Hosts call in the previous exercise of Step 7. How are they different and why?  Hint:  Check the API Reference Guide for each of these API calls.
 * In Postman change the API call 'http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/network-device/1/2' to 'http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/user'.  Press the *Send* button. How is the returned data different and what does it represent?  Hint:  Check the API Reference Guide
 
-### Congrats! You've just completed lab Coding 101 - REST API Basics!
+### Congratulations! You've just completed lab Coding 101 - REST API Basics!