updates to Coding 101 lab

brtiller1 · brtiller1 · commit 759c75c3a33f · 2016-12-01T12:32:46.000-05:00
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/1.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/1.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-# Coding 101: REST API Basics #
+# Coding 101 - REST API Basics #
 
 In this Learning Lab you will learn the basics of consuming a REST API, and how to use POSTMAN to explore a REST API.
 
@@ -39,5 +39,12 @@ We are going to use the APIC-EM API as an example of a REST API in this lab.  So
 ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/Menu.png)
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-3. You are now at the APIC-EM web portal.  Open the API reference doc in a separate tab while you are working on this lab.<br/>
+3. You are now at the APIC-EM web portal.  Click on the `Docs` link.<br/>
+![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/apic-em-main.png)
+
+4. At the APIC-EM Documentation web page open the API Reference doc in a separate tab while you are working on this lab.
 ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/Ref.png)
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+### Next Step:  Learn about the REST Web Service
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/2.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/2.md
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ REST is centered around the HTTP request and response model.  Consuming an API i
 In this example, we request the list of hosts, and that information is returned to us in the response.  The data returned in the response is usually json or xml.
 
 (<a href="http://www.json.org/" target="_blank">JSON</a> -- JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange.)
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+### Next Step: HTTP Response Request Facts
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/3.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/3.md
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ The API Reference includes information data attributes to be sent and returned.
 
 ### Things to Try
 * Check out the other ticket APIs in the API Reference Guide.  How do they differ from one another?
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+<br/>
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+### Next Step: Make HTTP calls Using REST
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/4.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/4.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We need to know how to construct the request to retrieve the service ticket, so
 * Authentication
 * Body
 
-All of the urls for API-EM begin with:
+All of the urls for APIC-EM begin with:
 
 ```http
 
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ https://{APIC-EM-Server}/api/v1
 
 Let's look at the description of the ticket API call from the -- <a href="http://devnetapic.cisco.com" target="_blank">APIC-EM API Docs</a>.
 
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 `POST /api/v1/ticket`: This method is used to create a new user ticket
 
 
@@ -47,3 +46,7 @@ To get the service ticket our request will look like this:
 	 * The username and password used to log into the APIC-EM Controller must be provided in JSON format in the body.
 
 ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/apic-em-request.png)
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+<br/>
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+### Next Step: Making a REST API Call
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/5.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/5.md
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ You may need to accept the SSL certificate before calling the APIs in Postman.
     ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/postman3.png "Response")
 
 #### Congrats! You just made your first REST API call! ####
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+<br/>
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+### Next Step: APIC-EM Hosts API URL
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/6.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/6.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We need to know how to construct the request to retrieve the list of Hosts.  So
 * Authentication
 * Body
 
-As specified earlier from the API EM docs, we can see that all of the urls for API-EM begin with:
+As specified earlier from the APIC-EM docs, we can see that all of the urls for APIC-EM begin with:
 
 ```http
 
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ To get the entire list of Hosts, our request will be like this:
 	 * Not required for this request
 
 ![](/posts/files/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/apic-emHostRequest.png "Get Hosts")
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+<br/>
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+### Next Step: Get Network Hosts
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/7.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/7.md
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@
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 #### Congrats! You just made your first REST API call using the APIC-EM Service Ticket! ####
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+<br/>
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+### Next Step: Get Network Devices
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/8.md b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/8.md
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ The output will look similar to below.  For display purposes some records have b
 * In Postman append to '/1/2' to the call http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/network-device so reads as 'http://{APIC-EMController}/api/v1/network-device/1/2' . Click the 'Send' button.  How does the output differ?
 * 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
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+### Congrats! You've just completed lab Coding 101 - REST API Basics!
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/Ref.png b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/Ref.png
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/apic-em-main.png b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/assets/images/apic-em-main.png
diff --git a/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/coding-101-rest-basics-ga.json b/labs/coding-101-rest-basics-ga/coding-101-rest-basics-ga.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "labId": "coding-101-rest-basics-ga",
-  "title": "Coding 101 - REST Basics",
+  "title": "Coding 101 - REST API Basics",
   "slug": "Learn the basics of how to use REST APIs. Use POSTMAN to test making REST API calls using the APIC-EM APIs.",
   "time": 20,
   "byod": true,
