Community Managers can use Vanilla’s API for everyday tasks too, and you can test requests directly from your Dashboard without writing any code.
Head to Settings → API Integrations → API v2, choose an endpoint, and use Try It to see the results right in your community.
This can be useful when you need to:
- Look up information about a user
- Retrieve discussions or other community data
- Find IDs or values needed for an admin task
- Explore data for reporting
- Test a request before handing it off to a developer
If you’re new to APIs, start with a GET request. GET requests retrieve information without changing anything in your community, so they’re a good way to explore what’s available.
Once you’re comfortable, you can explore other request types too. Just remember that POST, PATCH, and DELETE can modify real community data, so review those carefully before running them.
The next time you’re clicking through several pages in the Dashboard to find information, it may be worth checking whether the API can get you there faster.
📖 Learn more: Make API Calls with the API Docs Page:
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/1968-make-api-calls-with-the-api-docs-page
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