# Difference between /rest and /api/v2

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/difference-between-rest-and-api-v2/3989>\
**Category:** REST API\
**Tags:** rest\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/difference-between-rest-and-api-v2/3989 "2017-08-10T11:49:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jraiche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jraiche](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/jraiche)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/difference-between-rest-and-api-v2/3989/1 "2017-08-10T11:49:12Z")

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Salutations,  
Most of the references I for sample URLs are [SERVER]/api/v2/[SERVICE]… but looking at some older documentation, I found that this endpoint also works [SERVER]/rest/[SERVICE]. Also, changing the version number doesn’t seem to matter - /api/v2 or /api/q5333412 seem to work as well, but just /api/ does not. Are their other endpoints built-in? Are there differences between them?

Thanks!  
Josiah