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Endpoint

web-appsintermediate

And endpoint is how you access REST APIs. It's basically just a URL, behind which all of the cool, important logic happens that actually gets you the response you need. For some requests, literally all you need is the endpoint: there’s only one thing you can do with it, and making a request to it will get you the data or operation you need.

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