# ODBC API

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

ODBC 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, ODBC, and Standard. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard C-language API for accessing database management systems. ODBC allows applications to connect to any ODBC-compliant database using a unified programming interface, abstracting database-specific details through drivers. Originally developed by Microsoft and standardized by ISO/IEC in SQL/CLI (Call Level Interface).

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/odbc-programmer-s-reference
- **Wikipedia** — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity
- **Specification** — https://www.iso.org/standard/53681.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sql/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other SQL APIs (1)

- [JDBC API](https://apis.io/apis/sql/jdbc-api/)

## Tags

Database Connectivity, ODBC, Standard

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