Documenting endpoints in API documentation. 📚

🚀 Day 2/31, learning consistently.✅

I tackled an essential topic in Technical Writing—Documenting endpoints in API documentation. 📚

Did you know that endpoints are like the doorways to your API? They're the specific URLs that users can access to interact with your API. 👨‍💻

To document endpoints effectively, you need to provide clear information about what each endpoint does, what HTTP methods it supports, what parameters it accepts, and what responses it returns. 💻

Here's a quick summary:

🔹 Start with a clear description of the endpoint's purpose.

🔹 List the supported HTTP methods (GET, POST, etc.)

🔹 Document any parameters that the endpoint accepts.

🔹 Provide examples of how to use the endpoint.

🔹 List all possible response codes and explain what they mean.

🔹 Explain any limitations or restrictions on the endpoint.

With these tips, the API documentation can be understood and used effectively.

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