Wow, thanks everyone! This makes so much more sense now. The mailbox and waiter analogies really clicked for me.
I tried Postman like some of you suggested, and it’s way easier to see how endpoints work when you’re actually sending requests. Still figuring out the difference between GET and POST, but at least I get the basics now.
Quick follow-up: How do you know *which* endpoints an API has? Do you just rely on the docs, or is there a way to "discover" them?
(Also, MockAPI looks awesome—gonna play with that next!)
I tried Postman like some of you suggested, and it’s way easier to see how endpoints work when you’re actually sending requests. Still figuring out the difference between GET and POST, but at least I get the basics now.
Quick follow-up: How do you know *which* endpoints an API has? Do you just rely on the docs, or is there a way to "discover" them?
(Also, MockAPI looks awesome—gonna play with that next!)