# Cisco Catalyst Center API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/catalyst-center-api/  
**Provider:** Cisco Hardware — https://apis.io/providers/cisco-hardware/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/

Cisco Catalyst Center API is one of 11 APIs that [Cisco Hardware](https://apis.io/providers/cisco-hardware/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Automation, Catalyst, Network Management, and SDN. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The Cisco Catalyst Center API (formerly Cisco DNA Center) provides programmatic management of Cisco enterprise network infrastructure, including discovery, inventory, provisioning, assurance, software image management, and policy. Authentication uses a basic-auth token exchange that returns a session token used as the X-Auth-Token header for subsequent calls. Responses are JSON.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.cisco.com/docs/dna-center/api/
- **Sandbox** — https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cisco-hardware/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Cisco Hardware APIs (10)

- [Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/ios-xe-restconf-api/)
- [Cisco APIC REST API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/apic-rest-api/)
- [Cisco UCS Manager API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/ucs-manager-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-authentication-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware CommandRunner API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-commandrunner-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Devices API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-devices-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-discovery-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Network API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-network-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Sites API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-sites-api/)
- [Cisco Hardware Topology API](https://apis.io/apis/cisco-hardware/cisco-hardware-topology-api/)

## Tags

Automation, Catalyst, Network Management, SDN

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