Automating Cisco Spark

Zdeněk Roubal
Systems Engineer
 Learning
DevNet Discover CC
Tracks

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Overview of REST APIs
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DevNet Discover CC
Tracks

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Overview of REST APIs

Time:
20 minutes
Objective:
Learn the basics of REST APIs. Use Postman to make REST API
calls.
Generating Python Spark
API Code using Postman
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DevNet Discover CC
Tracks

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Generating Python Spark API Code using Postman
Time:
20 minutes
Objective:
Learn how to use Postman’s code-generation feature to create a
simple Spark API Python script
Building Python Requests to
Read and Create Spark API
Items
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DevNet Discover CC
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Building Python Requests to Read and Create Spark

API Items
Time:
20 minutes
Objective:
Learn how to construct REST API calls in Python to enable retrieving,
filtering and creating Spark rooms and messages
'ChatOps' with Cisco Spark
and Python
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DevNet Discover CC
Tracks

https://learninglabs.cisco.com/tracks/devnet-express-cloud-collab-it-pro

'ChatOps' with Cisco Spark and Python

Time:
15 minutes
Objective:
Create a simple 'ChatOps' script to post a custom message in a
Spark room using a Spark bot account.
Exploring the 'ciscosparkapi'
Python Library
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DevNet Discover CC
Tracks

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Exploring the 'ciscosparkapi' Python Library

Time:
20 minutes
Objective:
Simplify and expand your Spark development by leveraging the
Spark Python library to make API requests.
Get your hands dirty with …
The Mission!
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DevNet Discover CC
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Mission: Spark, REST and Python

Time:
30 minutes
Objective:
Pass a mission by fixing a broken Python script
Wrap-Up
What you learned in this Module…

• What is a rest API?

• Using Postman to make API calls.
• Using the Spark interactive documentation
• ChatOps with Cisco Spark and Python
• Exploring the ciscosparkapi Python library
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