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How many endpoints can a WCF Service have?
The service configuration has been modified to define two endpoints that support the ICalculator contract, but each at a different address using a different binding.
Is a URL that communicates with the API?
Endpoint is a URL that communicates with the API. API stands for Application Program Interface. Endpoint is the place where API send request and where the resources are. It can also be understood as an entry point in a communication channel when two systems are interacting.
Why do API resources have multiple endpoints?
For instance, I have exam resources which contain multiple question resources which in turn contain multiple answer resources. The endpoints to list questions and view a single question are as follows: However, it also makes sense to be able to view a single question with an endpoint like:
Can a bulk endpoint be added to a REST API?
Luckily, there is no shortage of REST APIs with public documentation. Most APIs choose to either implement an endpoint that can batch different requests into a single call, or a bulk version of some (or all) endpoints that can accept multiple resources in a single call.
What are the advantages of using a REST API?
We can immediately see one of the core advantages of a REST API. If you’ve used a REST API before, even without the Stripe-specific documentation, you could probably have guessed these. To create a customer, we do a POST request to the /v1/customers and to retrieve customers, we use the same endpoint but use a GET request instead.
Which is the repository of an API resource?
The repository -essentially- is the collection /api/questions. Certain roles are allowed to add new questions for further usage in different exams. Here, we are assuming several things: 1) questions don’t necessarily belong an exam, 2) questions can be managed independently, 3) questions can belong to different exams.