API stands for "application programming interface". VerbaAlpina provides such an interface at the address https://www.verba-alpina.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/?api=1. Detailed documentation of the syntax to be used there can be found in the following article: API Dokumentation. The API allows specific content from the VA database (VA_DB) to be retrieved in defined formats via a browser. The selection of the data and the output format are controlled by URL parameters.