When a new request is created, an unmanaged endpoint with empty values will be created and associated with it.
Unmanaged endpoint is specific to a request, and is invisible to other requests.
To reuse endpoints across requests, you can create managed endpoints in Environments.
There are two ways to create a managed endpoint. Here we use HTTP endpoint as an example.
Create Managed Endpoint in an Environment
Suppose you have created an environment (like ‘Local’) in the Environments area, open the environment. Click + Endpoint dropdown button, select HTTP, give it a name (like ‘Article API’) and press Enter. A managed HTTP endpoint is created.
Enter details into the fields, and the endpoint looks like below.
To use the newly created managed endpoint, first make sure its environment is selected for your workspace.
Go to an HTTP request, click the Endpoint tab, and click Select Managed Endpoint button to see a modal that lists all HTTP endpoints from the selected environment (here ‘Local’).
Click the endpoint name to select it for use in the HTTP request.
Share Unmanaged Endpoint from Request
This is a convenient feature for you to capture endpoint details while editing a request, and then turn the unmanaged endpoint into managed.
Under Endpoint tab of a request, click Share Endpoint button. Enter details and click OK button. The unmanaged endpoint will be shared into the currently selected environment (here ‘Local’).
Changing from Managed Endpoint to Unmanaged for a Request
Clicking the Unmanage Endpoint button under the Endpoint tab will allow you to clone the managed endpoint to an unmanaged one for the request. The managed one stays untouched in its containing environment.