Endpoint Tabs
Underneath the server header sits a horizontal strip of endpoint tabs. Every mock endpoint belongs to exactly one tab, and exactly one tab is active at a time. The active tab is the endpoint you are currently editing in the panel below.
What a Tab Shows
Each tab is a fixed-width chip displaying the endpoint's method and path. Reading left to right, a tab contains:
- •Duplicate warning icon (optional): a small triangle icon that only appears when another endpoint on the same server has the same method and the same exact path. See Duplicates below for what this means.
- •Method label: a compact monospace label such as GET, POST, PUT, etc.
- •Path: the endpoint's path, truncated with an ellipsis if it does not fit. Hovering the tab shows the full METHOD /path combination as a tooltip.
- •Close button: a small X on the right side that deletes the endpoint. There is no separate confirmation dialog — the close button immediately removes the endpoint, so treat it with care.
Adding an Endpoint
At the end of the tab strip there is a + button. Clicking it creates a new endpoint with default values — a GET method and an empty path — and makes it the active tab. You finish the endpoint from the editor below by setting its method, path, request body, response body, and everything else. The tab strip then auto-scrolls to bring the new tab into view.
If there are too many tabs to fit the available width, small scroll arrows appear at the edges of the strip and the +button moves to the far right. You can scroll the strip horizontally with these arrows or with the mousewheel.
Duplicates
A mock server should have exactly one endpoint per METHOD /path combination. If you accidentally create two endpoints with the same method and the same exact path, Tigrister keeps both in the list — nothing is silently deleted — but it flags every offending tab after the first one with a small triangle warning icon.
- •The first occurrence is considered the original and is not flagged, so you can always see which endpoint the duplicates collide with.
- •A duplicate endpoint is not persisted. The editor still lets you view and edit it, but while it has the same method and path as another endpoint it will not be saved to disk until you change one of the two to something unique.
- •The warning clears automatically once the duplication is resolved — either by editing the path, changing the method, or deleting one of the two tabs.
No Endpoints Yet
A brand-new server starts with zero endpoints. Until you add the first one, the editor area below the tab strip shows the message "Click + to add an endpoint". Clicking the + button once replaces that message with the full endpoint editor.