This is the short-form technical reference entry of Bubble's API features. If you are looking for more in-depth and long-form articles on how the Bubble API works, you may be interested in checking the Bubble API manual.
Throughout reading the reference and manual, you may also find our API Glossary helpful.
The Bubble API
The Data API: give external apps and systems secure access to your database
The Data API allows other systems to search for, read, create, modify and delete data in your application’s database via a RESTful interface.
The Bubble manual gives extended information about Bubble's features and how to use them.
Introduction to APIs
This article series takes an in-depth look at what exactly an API is and how you can both set up an API in Bubble and connect to external APIs in different ways.
The Data API lets you set up an API in your Bubble application that accepts incomingrequests to search for, read, create, edit and delete entries in your database.
Article series: The Data API
The Workflow API
The Data API lets you set up an API in your Bubble application that accepts incomingrequests to trigger workflows.
Article series: The Workflow API
The API Connector
The API Connector lets you connect to external RESTful APIs to trigger workflows or to use as a data source.
Article series: The API Connector
The API glossary
If you are new to APIs the terminology may feel a bit overwhelming. For that we have put together a glossary of the most widely used words and phrases to get you started:
