1. A method comprising: receiving a request to identify a first networking component of a network; in response to receiving the request to identify the first networking component, selecting a first application programming interface signature from a plurality of application programming interface signatures, wherein the first application programming interface signature comprises a first characteristic; determining whether a first application programming interface implemented by the first networking component exhibits the first characteristic; and in response to determining that the first application programming interface implemented by the first networking component exhibits the first characteristic, indicating that the first networking component implements the first application programming interface.