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A An endpoint is the URI that references an accessible resource on a server. In the context of web APIs, an endpoint references specific code that handles the request and returns an appropriate response.

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In this format, the host portion of the URI (e.g., https://www.examples.org) is removed and only the path is referenced (e.g., /customers). The host information is usually documented elsewhere and might provide . Often multiple hosts are listed (ie.eg., one for testing and one for production) , which makes documenting endpoints using the only with path information more sensible.