VA Forms

Upforms by Va Gov

Search VA forms, retrieve a form by name, and pull the PDF link or version metadata programmatically.

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Use it when

Keeps the surface simple with /forms and /forms/{form_name}

Watch for

The scope is limited to the forms catalog, not the application process itself

First check

Start with an API key and call /forms to validate search behavior. Then fetch /forms/{form_name} for a known form and confirm the PDF link, metadata, and version fields match your use case.

Auth

api_key

CORS

HTTPS

Yes

Signup

Required

Latency

738 ms

Protocol

REST

Pricing

—

Uptime · 30-day window

Probes: 1Uptime: 100%Avg latency: 738ms

About this API

This API is intentionally narrow: it exposes the VA forms catalog and per-form detail so that portals or internal tools can point to official PDFs and version metadata directly. Concrete nouns in the spec include "/forms" and "/forms/{form_name}".

That is enough to support search the va forms catalog, fetch metadata for a specific form name, and check whether a form has a newer version. The OpenAPI document names security schemes such as "apikey".

The scope is limited to the forms catalog, not the application process itself The API uses an API key requirement

What you can build

1Search the VA forms catalog
2Fetch metadata for a specific form name
3Check whether a form has a newer version

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

Keeps the surface simple with /forms and /forms/{form_name}
Explicitly includes PDF link and metadata use cases
Fits search or synchronization jobs well

Limitations

The scope is limited to the forms catalog, not the application process itself
The API uses an API key requirement

Example request

Generic template — replace <endpoint> with the real path from the docs.

curl https://va.gov/<endpoint> \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
# Some providers use X-Api-Key instead — verify in the docs.

Getting started