# Cisco REST API Design Guide

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/cisco/  
**Provider:** API Style Guides — https://apis.io/providers/style-guides/  
**Base URL:** https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CiscoDevNet/api-design-guide/master/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/api-design-guide

Cisco REST API Design Guide is one of 11 APIs that [API Style Guides](https://apis.io/providers/style-guides/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include REST, Cisco, Devnet, and Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes a GitHub repository.

Guidelines for Designing REST APIs at Cisco, developed across Cisco DevNet, Collaboration, and the Application Platform Group. Emphasizes "API-only" communication, aesthetic and behavioral consistency, OAuth2 / HTTPS security, and avoidance of internal vs. partner API bifurcation.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **StyleGuide** — https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/api-design-guide
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/api-design-guide
- **Scope**

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- [GitLab API Style Guide](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/gitlab/)
- [Kubernetes API Conventions](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/kubernetes/)
- [IETF HTTPAPI Working Group Drafts and RFCs](https://apis.io/apis/style-guides/ietf-httpapi/)

## Tags

REST, Cisco, Devnet, Authentication

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