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APIs vs EndPoints

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#1

APIs are the method of communication so REST, SOAP, and gRPC are the examples. Am I right? Secondly, if there is a URL like https://educative.io/courses/get-questions then what is the endpoint in it? I guess it would be get-questions Please correct me if I am wrong @Educative_CS team.

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Course: Grokking the API Design Interview - Learn Interactively
Lesson: Introduction to APIs - Grokking the API Design Interview

#2

Hi @Educative_Team, Is there anybody to answer it?
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#3

Hi Ahmed,
You are right. An endpoint is where you can get information from the system or post it to the system. In this scenario, /get-questions is how you communicate and get a response. So, that is one of the endpoints. Don’t worry; you’ll find tens of examples of endpoints in design problem chapters to clear the concept.

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