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DevOps API Interview QA Simple

The document provides a concise overview of DevOps API concepts, including definitions, usage, and testing methods. It explains how APIs facilitate tasks in DevOps tools like Azure DevOps and Jenkins, and outlines key API call types (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) along with their functions. Additionally, it covers authentication methods, API status codes, and practical use cases for monitoring and triggering pipelines.

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DevOps API Interview QA Simple

The document provides a concise overview of DevOps API concepts, including definitions, usage, and testing methods. It explains how APIs facilitate tasks in DevOps tools like Azure DevOps and Jenkins, and outlines key API call types (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) along with their functions. Additionally, it covers authentication methods, API status codes, and practical use cases for monitoring and triggering pipelines.

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DevOps API Interview Questions & Answers (Simple Language)

1. What is an API?

API means one system can talk to another system. In DevOps, APIs help us do tasks like starting

pipelines, getting logs, or managing builds without doing it manually.

2. Where do you use APIs in DevOps?

We use APIs in tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform Cloud to start jobs, get

pipeline results, or run infrastructure code.

3. How do you login when calling an API?

We use tokens like PAT (Personal Access Token), API keys, or client ID and secret. For secure

systems, we use Workload Identity so we don't need passwords.

4. How do you test an API?

We can test APIs using Postman, curl (command-line tool), or write scripts in Python or PowerShell

to call APIs and check results.

5. How do you trigger a pipeline using API?

We use a POST request to the pipeline URL with a token. This starts the build automatically without

clicking anything.

6. What are GET, POST, PUT, DELETE?

These are types of API calls:

- GET: to read

- POST: to create

- PUT: to update

- DELETE: to remove something

7. How do you use APIs in pipelines?

We use APIs to trigger other pipelines, get logs, or send messages to Teams or Slack after

deployment.
8. What is Workload Identity Federation?

It is a safe way for tools like Azure DevOps to login to Azure without using passwords. Azure trusts

the DevOps tool using identity tokens.

9. What are API status codes?

Status codes tell if the API call worked:

- 200: OK

- 201: Created

- 401: Not logged in

- 403: Access denied

- 404: Not found

- 500: Server error

10. How do you use APIs in monitoring?

We use monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana to pull data using APIs. Also, we send alerts to

Slack or Teams using webhook APIs.

Use Case Example

When pipeline is complete, I use an API to send a message to Slack. I also use APIs to get the build

status before doing Terraform apply.

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