Docu Guidelines

How to get the most out of the documentation, particularly endpoint information displays.

General overview
This section explains how to properly read an endpoint in the documentation. Each endpoint is displayed in the form of an accordion, so keep in mind that every time you see an arrow like the highlighted in red below, it means that there is further information available.
Closed endpoint accordion
References:
GET:  Type of endpoint requests, including PUT, POST, DELETE and GET.
https://api.outshifter.com/catalog/users/:id/products: The address to send the required operation to the endpoint.
Multiple products by user id: The endpoint title
Parameters
Once you open the accordion to get further information, you will see the included endpoint parameters. It includes the field, type of data and a description of what is required.
Opened endpoint accordion
References:
Path: Parameter that is included in the address of the endpoint. In the example, it is the user id.
Header: Primarily used for authentication. For every endpoint that requires authentication, it should be included in the header.
Body: The payload. In the example, it is the option to apply filters, but it can also be an object with information required to create a new user.
Responses
When you open the "Responses" tab, you will get the type of response and the expected response data. In the below example we see that the response is an array with all the selected supplier´s products.

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