# JDBC API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/sql/jdbc-api/  
**Provider:** SQL — https://apis.io/providers/sql/

JDBC API is one of 2 APIs that [SQL](https://apis.io/providers/sql/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Database Connectivity, Java, JDBC, and Standard. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is the standard Java API for connecting Java applications to relational databases. JDBC provides a uniform interface for executing SQL queries, managing transactions, and retrieving results, regardless of the underlying database system. It is part of the Java SE standard library.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.sql/java/sql/package-summary.html
- **Wikipedia** — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity
- **Specification** — https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=221

## Other SQL APIs (1)

- [ODBC API](https://apis.io/apis/sql/odbc-api/)

## Tags

Database Connectivity, Java, JDBC, Standard

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