generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: developer.cisco.com/meraki (pagination, errors, rate-limit, auth) + https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cisco-meraki/refs/heads/main/openapi/cisco-meraki-organizations-api-openapi.json
scope: Cisco Meraki Dashboard API (representative of the DevNet REST surface; other products differ).
authentication:
  style: api-key-header
  header: X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key
  alternative: OAuth 2.0 (authorization code) for integrations
  ref: authentication/cisco-authentication.yml
  docs: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/#!authorization
base_url: https://api.meraki.com/api/v1
content_type: application/json
pagination:
  style: rfc5988-web-linking
  request_params:
    - perPage: number of entries per page
    - startingAfter: token/id to start after (forward)
    - endingBefore: token/id to end before (backward)
  response_header: Link
  link_relations: [first, prev, next, last]
  docs: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/pagination/
idempotency:
  supported: false
  note: No Idempotency-Key header documented; write operations are not idempotent by header.
versioning:
  style: uri-path
  current: v1
  ref: lifecycle/cisco-lifecycle.yml
rate_limiting:
  limit: 10 requests/second per organization
  response_status: 429
  signal_header: Retry-After
  ref: rate-limits/cisco-rate-limits.yml
  docs: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/rate-limit/
error_envelope:
  shape: '{"errors": ["message", ...]}'
  ref: errors/cisco-problem-types.yml
request_tracing:
  request_id_header: null
  note: No documented per-request correlation-id header on the Dashboard API.
action_batches:
  supported: true
  note: Meraki supports Action Batches to submit many configuration changes in a single atomic request.
  docs: https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/action-batches-overview/