Actions vs Endpoints? | Astro Lounge | Page 1

covert tundra Aug 10, 2025, 1:27 AM

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I don't really understand when one would use one over the other? Are there any cons or trade offs?

daring field Aug 10, 2025, 5:17 AM

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The first part of the Actions section in the docs explains the benefits pretty well

https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/actions/

Docs

Actions

Learn how to create type-safe server functions you can call from anywhere.

covert tundra Aug 10, 2025, 7:02 AM

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So then why would someone ever use endpoints?

daring field Aug 10, 2025, 7:03 AM

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Building an API

daring field Aug 10, 2025, 8:30 AM

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Fwiw I like to use actions for all internal requests that I need for my app, interacting with a DB etc

And endpoints anytime my app needs to handle a request from outside the application, my personal example is a discord bot that queries my API to get "total upvotes" on an item

simple valve Aug 10, 2025, 8:34 AM

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I second Matthew's approach. Endpoints are for stuff that you want to be publicly accessible/exposed easily, actions are internal things

covert tundra Aug 10, 2025, 2:59 PM

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That makes sense!
So if I'm not making an api that would be used outside of my frontend, since I'm going to be returning HTMX, I could just use actions for everything.

And then if I was ever interested in making an API other clinets could interact with, maybe for JSON, I would use server api endpoints

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Thank you so much

#Actions vs Endpoints?