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Couldn’t a DSL be as simple as an API and therefore not need a parser? Or am I misunderstanding what a domain specific language really is? I thought it referred to any organized set of rules for solving a particular domain problem. An API would seem to fit that definition, right?
You can embed a DSL within a more general programming language. This is often a good solution. (You could say that this DSL takes the form of a particular API.)
You can also create a separate language, with its own interpreter, to represent the concepts of your domain. This tends to be a larger undertaking, and is often not necessary.