diff --git a/datasette/templates/api_explorer.html b/datasette/templates/api_explorer.html
index a845482a..f8160e0a 100644
--- a/datasette/templates/api_explorer.html
+++ b/datasette/templates/api_explorer.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <form method="get" id="api-explorer-get" style="margin-top: 0.7em">
     <div>
       <label for="path">API path:</label>
-      <input type="text" id="path" name="path" value="/data/docs.json" style="width: 60%">
+      <input type="text" id="path" name="path" style="width: 60%">
       <input type="submit" value="GET">
     </div>
   </form>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <form method="post" id="api-explorer-post" style="margin-top: 0.7em">
     <div>
       <label for="path">API path:</label>
-      <input type="text" id="path" name="path" value="/data/docs/-/insert" style="width: 60%">
+      <input type="text" id="path" name="path" style="width: 60%">
     </div>
     <div style="margin: 0.5em 0">
       <label for="apiJson" style="vertical-align: top">JSON:</label>
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ var getForm = document.getElementById('api-explorer-get');
 var output = document.getElementById('output');
 var errorList = output.querySelector('.errors');
 
-// On first load, populate forms from # in URL, if present
+// On first load or fragment change populate forms from # in URL, if present
 if (window.location.hash) {
+  onFragmentChange();
+}
+function onFragmentChange() {
   var hash = window.location.hash.slice(1);
   // Treat hash as a foo=bar string and parse it:
   var params = new URLSearchParams(hash);
@@ -82,6 +85,11 @@ if (window.location.hash) {
     postForm.querySelector('textarea[name="json"]').value = params.get('json');
   }
 }
+window.addEventListener('hashchange', () => {
+  onFragmentChange();
+  // Animate scroll to top of page
+  window.scrollTo({top: 0, behavior: 'smooth'});
+});
 
 // Cause GET and POST regions to toggle each other
 var getDetails = getForm.closest('details');
@@ -171,4 +179,27 @@ postForm.addEventListener("submit", (ev) => {
 });
 </script>
 
+{% if example_links %}
+<h2>API endpoints</h2>
+<ul class="bullets">
+  {% for database in example_links %}
+    <li>Database: <strong>{{ database.name }}</strong></li>
+    <ul class="bullets">
+      {% for link in database.links %}
+        <li><a href="{{ api_path(link) }}">{{ link.path }}</a> - {{ link.label }} </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+      {% for table in database.tables %}
+        <li><strong>{{ table.name }}</strong>
+          <ul class="bullets">
+            {% for link in table.links %}
+              <li><a href="{{ api_path(link) }}">{{ link.path }}</a> - {{ link.label }} </li>
+            {% endfor %}
+          </ul>
+        </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+{% endif %}
+
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/datasette/views/special.py b/datasette/views/special.py
index 79e9da72..468680d3 100644
--- a/datasette/views/special.py
+++ b/datasette/views/special.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from datasette.permissions import PERMISSIONS
 from .base import BaseView
 import secrets
 import time
+import urllib
 
 
 class JsonDataView(BaseView):
@@ -275,5 +276,115 @@ class ApiExplorerView(BaseView):
     name = "api_explorer"
     has_json_alternate = False
 
+    async def example_links(self, request):
+        databases = []
+        for name, db in self.ds.databases.items():
+            if name == "_internal":
+                continue
+            if not db.is_mutable:
+                continue
+            database_visible, _ = await self.ds.check_visibility(
+                request.actor,
+                "view-database",
+                name,
+            )
+            if not database_visible:
+                continue
+            tables = []
+            table_names = await db.table_names()
+            for table in table_names:
+                visible, _ = await self.ds.check_visibility(
+                    request.actor,
+                    "view-table",
+                    (name, table),
+                )
+                if not visible:
+                    continue
+                table_links = []
+                table_links.append(
+                    {
+                        "label": "Get rows for {}".format(table),
+                        "method": "GET",
+                        "path": self.ds.urls.table(name, table, format="json")
+                        + "?_shape=objects".format(name, table),
+                    }
+                )
+                if await self.ds.permission_allowed(
+                    request.actor, "insert-row", (name, table)
+                ):
+                    pks = await db.primary_keys(table)
+                    table_links.append(
+                        {
+                            "path": self.ds.urls.table(name, table) + "/-/insert",
+                            "method": "POST",
+                            "label": "Insert rows into {}".format(table),
+                            "json": {
+                                "rows": [
+                                    {
+                                        column: None
+                                        for column in await db.table_columns(table)
+                                        if column not in pks
+                                    }
+                                ]
+                            },
+                        }
+                    )
+                if await self.ds.permission_allowed(
+                    request.actor, "drop-table", (name, table)
+                ):
+                    table_links.append(
+                        {
+                            "path": self.ds.urls.table(name, table) + "/-/drop",
+                            "label": "Drop table {}".format(table),
+                            "json": {},
+                            "method": "POST",
+                        }
+                    )
+                tables.append({"name": table, "links": table_links})
+            database_links = []
+            if await self.ds.permission_allowed(request.actor, "create-table", name):
+                database_links.append(
+                    {
+                        "path": self.ds.urls.database(name) + "/-/create",
+                        "label": "Create table in {}".format(name),
+                        "json": {
+                            "table": "new_table",
+                            "columns": [
+                                {"name": "id", "type": "integer"},
+                                {"name": "name", "type": "text"},
+                            ],
+                            "pk": "id",
+                        },
+                        "method": "POST",
+                    }
+                )
+            if database_links or tables:
+                databases.append(
+                    {
+                        "name": name,
+                        "links": database_links,
+                        "tables": tables,
+                    }
+                )
+        return databases
+
     async def get(self, request):
-        return await self.render(["api_explorer.html"], request)
+        def api_path(link):
+            return "/-/api#{}".format(
+                urllib.parse.urlencode(
+                    {
+                        key: json.dumps(value, indent=2) if key == "json" else value
+                        for key, value in link.items()
+                        if key in ("path", "method", "json")
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+
+        return await self.render(
+            ["api_explorer.html"],
+            request,
+            {
+                "example_links": await self.example_links(request),
+                "api_path": api_path,
+            },
+        )