API (Application Programming Interface)

A defined interface that lets one piece of software query another’s data or capabilities. APIs are how BIM platforms, structured code data, and permitting systems connect to each other.

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Why it matters

The ICC’s Code Connect API, which serves official code content programmatically, is a concrete example: it turns the code book from a document into a service. Compliance tooling is largely the work of composing interfaces like these into a workflow architects never have to leave.

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