Endpoint - API Endpoints Defined

API Endpoints are URLs where a web service or API receives requests. DataSelf employs endpoints for the SQL Extractor API and Tableau Extractor API.

Features of API Endpoints

• Bypass the computer code often required to use APIs. API endpoints embed the API call in a URL that can be called from a web browser or Excel workbook. Just call the endpoint, and you get your data instantly.

• Works Over the internet.

• Security. API endpoints can be protected by security measures like authentication and encryption.

• Microsoft Excel. Excel fully supports API endpoints.
  Open Excel, Data tab > Get Data > From Other Sources > From Web.

API (Application Programming Interface)

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other. APIs act as a bridge between systems, enabling them to exchange data and functionality without needing to understand internal workings.

Endpoints (Background)

Endpoints are used in a wide variety of situations and contexts.

Endpoints are specific points of interaction between systems, computers and devices.
They are points of communication or connection in a network where data is transmitted or received. Endpoints facilitate data exchange.

Examples of Endpoints

• Bluetooth connection point

• Wi-Fi interface

• Network ports such as web server port (TCP/80)

• API endpoints (see section above)

• SSH connection port (TCP/22)

• Database connection interface

NOTES

• Endpoints and devices represent two distinct concepts in computing, though they're often related.