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.
