Using the GrowthZone Database to find API calls

Have you ever tried to find a specific API call in our API Documentation? I know I have and unless its on the Currated API list it can be a very tedious process.
What If I told you there was a way of monitoring the GrowthZone Database and seeing what API calls it is making in order to find the exact call its using to pull that information? I know its saved me a large amount of time and I hope it will help save you time as well.

Video Recording of the Process

The best way to learn the process is to follow this video I recorded.

Video link

We always recommend testing in your own database when making API calls expecially if you are using POST or PUT commands as we do not want to affect customers data.

Step by step Guide

1. This guide uses Postman and assumes you already have it setup for testing, if not look at this guide here for assistance in setting up Postman.
2. This guide uses Firefox for the screenshots, the process should be similar for Chrome and Edge.
3. Figure out what information you need to get the call for, for this exaimple we are going to try to find a Members Work Email address
   
   
    
4. We are going to open the member in question and go to the tab or page that contains that information.
5. Open up the Dev Tools of your chosen Browser and go to the Network tab, in Firefox the shortcut is CTRL + Shift + E
   
   
   
6. reload the page and look at the various calls that have been made
   
   
   
7. The call might not be obvious so you might have to do some digging to find it and generally you will want to look for the Response tab of the call to see the payload of the data
   
   
   
8. You would then take the call from the header paying attention to the type of call it is an test it to Postman to make sure that the call is working
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
9. Provide your findings to the customer and repeat as needed.