docs: Clarify how to test API endpoints.

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Tim Abbott
2020-03-20 14:08:18 -07:00
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1. Add the markdown file to the index in `templates/zerver/help/include/rest-endpoints.md`.
1. Test your endpoint, pretending to be a new user in a hurry. You
should make sure that copy-pasting the code in your examples works,
and post an example of the output in the pull request.
1. Test your endpoint, pretending to be a new user in a hurry, by
visiting it via the links on `http://localhost:9991/api` (the API
docs are rendered from the markdown source files on page load, so
just reload to see an updated version as you edit). You should
make sure that copy-pasting the code in your examples works, and
post an example of the output in the pull request.
[javascript-examples]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js/tree/master/examples