An airport authority needs a Python script that reads interface operational state from IOS XE over HTTPS using JSON or XML without opening a NETCONF SSH session. Which approach fits that tooling model?
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Short Explanation
Picture RESTCONF as a web API for the switch—same HTTPS habits your civic scripts already know. You ask for interface oper data with the right Accept header and get JSON or XML back. No need to stand up a full NETCONF SSH client just to read status.
Full Explanation
RESTCONF exposes IOS XE YANG-modeled configuration and operational state over HTTPS using RESTful methods and media types such as application/yang-data+json or XML. That matches teams that already automate with requests or similar HTTP libraries. SNMP and CLI scraping remain possible but are not model-driven RESTCONF. Streaming telemetry is push-oriented and does not replace a simple request/response read of interface oper state.