Which protocol uses an HTTPS transport to configure and retrieve details programmatically?

The RESTCONF protocol is used with a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) transport protocol. RESTCONF is the successor of NETCONF, which uses SSH for device access. RESTCONF now uses a common transport of HTTPS to send and retrieve information from network devices. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) defines its own standard of information set and retrieval and does not use HTTPS. Syslog is a system of formatted messages for log file storage either local or remote via the syslog protocol.