Exam 350-901 topic 1 question 301 discussion

I asked ChatGPT and it answered D. How confident are you in your answer? I am highly confident in my answer. Webhooks are a way for a server to send real-time updates to a client, rather than the client needing to periodically poll the server for new information. This approach would reduce latency and rate limiting because the client would only receive updates when there are actual changes, rather than making unnecessary requests to the server.

current ChatGPT 4o Using webhooks is an efficient approach to reduce API calls. Instead of polling the API continuously to check for updates, which can lead to exceeding the rate limit, webhooks allow the API to notify your application when a specific event occurs. This reduces the number of API calls, thereby minimizing the risk of hitting rate limits and reducing latency. Other Options: A. MOS scoring system before collecting information: This is typically used for quality of experience measurement in voice and video applications, not relevant for reducing API rate limits. B. Leaky faucet algorithm for fault categorizing: This is not related to reducing API rate limits or latency. C. Error handling to check for reachability first: While good error handling is important, it won't directly address the issue of reducing API call frequency to avoid rate limits. Therefore, the best approach in this scenario is to implement webhooks to trigger updates.

The main problem is that they are querying the Meraki API so often, it's rate limiting them. This means they have to slow down and wait for a while before re-querying, which is causing delays (latency). Meraki webhooks will notify YOU of an outage, rather than you polling Meraki: https://blogs.cisco.com/developer/merakiwebhooks01 "Instead of calling the Meraki API to look for critical network changes, why not have Meraki send alerts using webhooks? Send events, as they happen, to your network monitoring and operations services by having Meraki call them instead."

D. Main question is Which application approach must be applied to reduce LATENCY and rate limiting?. Error handling/reachability check does not reduce latency.

Key word network equipment of a competitor were acquired I will go wit C

D for sure. Meraki has webhooks for such situation.

ChatGPT Yes, error handling to check for reachability can help reduce latency and rate limiting by detecting and handling connectivity issues before they result in a failed request or timeout.