AI engineering glossary · Web APIs HTTP
What is endpoint?
Endpoint (also called API endpoint, Route): A specific URL, together with an allowed method, at which an API accepts requests to perform one operation. Each endpoint has a defined input and output. Documentation for any API is essentially a list of its endpoints.
Endpoint: an example
POST https://api.example.com/v1/embeddings is an endpoint that turns text into number vectors.
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Where you learn it
Endpoint is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.