endpoint
An endpoint is a route together with the request sent to it: one web address, the method it is called with and the inputs it is given. It is the unit a probe is aimed at and the unit a reading is recorded against.
The word comes from software practice and not from a standard. The URI and HTTP standards speak of hosts and resources, and seller documentation on this rail says endpoint for the address a seller exposes for payment.
What separates it from a route is the request. A route is an address a seller prices. The same route called with another method or other inputs can answer differently, so a record of what a route did has to say what was sent. In probe402's record an endpoint is that pairing, and each one has an identifier and a page of its own.
A host is the site the route runs on, and one host can carry many endpoints.
→ What probe402 sends to an endpoint, how often, and what it records each time is set out in the method.
Sources
- RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic SyntaxIETF
- RFC 9110: HTTP SemanticsIETF
- Get discovered (Bazaar)Coinbase Developer Platform documentation
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