Which API endpoint is typically used to retrieve a list of applications monitored by the platform?

Question

Options

• A/api/metrics/apps
• B/api/v1/apps/
• C/api/apps/list
• D/ui/apps/dashboard

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  87% (46)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  8% (4)

Explanation

Option B (/api/v1/apps/) follows REST API design conventions used by most monitoring platforms (like Dynatrace, New Relic, and similar tools), where versioned endpoints (v1) under /api/ expose collections of resources - in this case, the list of monitored applications. Option A (/api/metrics/apps) is wrong because the metrics segment implies fetching performance data, not an application inventory. Option C (/api/apps/list) is plausible but non-standard - REST convention uses the resource path itself (e.g., /apps/) to return a collection, not a /list suffix. Option D (/ui/apps/dashboard) is clearly a frontend UI route, not an API endpoint, making it unsuitable for programmatic access.

Memory tip: Think "versioned REST collection" - real API endpoints use /api/v{n}/resource/ format. If you see /ui/, it's a webpage; if you see action words like /list or resource categories like /metrics/, it's likely a distractor.

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