Before you can complete this tutorial, you'll need an API key from dbp4.org
Make your first call: a GET request to https://api.dbp4.org/api/bibles
Here's a sample you can run from the command line if you'd like to try it out
curl -i -H "Authorization: Bearer YOURKEY" -H "v: 4" -X GET https://api.dbp.test/bibles/
Let's imagine that we're building an app that starts the end user off looking at a list of Bibles from which they will choose a Bible, Book, and Chapter to read.
Note: All example URLs in these common workflows will assume you're passing an
Authorization
header and the api version headerv: 4
First, make a query to the Bibles route with the added requirement text_plain
/bibles?media=text_plain
Here's what your response might look like:
{
"data": [
{
"abbr": "ENGESV",
"name": "English Standard Version",
"vname": "English Standard Version",
"language": "English",
"autonym": "English",
"language_id": 6414,
"iso": "eng",
"date": "2001",
"filesets": {
"dbp-prod": [
{
"id": "ENGESV",
"type": "text_plain",
"size": "C"
},
{
"id": "ENGESVN1DA",
"type": "audio",
"size": "NT"
},
{
"id": "ENGESVN2DA",
"type": "audio_drama",
"size": "NT"
},
{
"id": "ENGESVO1DA",
"type": "audio",
"size": "OT"
},
{
"id": "ENGESVO2DA",
"type": "audio_drama",
"size": "OT"
}
]
}
}
]
}
Note: What's
dbp-prod
? The bibles call nests allfilesets
under varientasset_id
values. Each asset id corresponds with a DBP provider AWS instance hit/api/buckets
for a complete list ofasset_id
values and organizations
Now iterate over the Bibles in the data
array and present each to the user.
Your frontend template code might look a bit like like this:
Great! Now let us assume the user picked our first fileset, ENGESV
from the
example above; That means our link would have taken us to this URL on our app
Since this app we're building is text only we'll want to get the text_plain
fileset ID for that Bible.
Now, we want to figure out which fileset on that Bible is our text_plain
fileset.
So, we need to find just the right fileset that serves this Bible in our desired media
type: text_plain
. Here's an example in JavaScript
// This Bible would be whichever Bible in the result list you're linking to at the moment;
// `this_bible` could also just be pulled from a /bibles/{BIBLE_ABBR} call
let this_bible = results.data[0];
let filesets = this_bible.filesets['dbp-prod'];
let text_plain_fileset = filesets.find(function (fileset) {
return fileset.type == 'text_plain';
});
let text_plain_fileset_id = text_plain_fileset.id;
/bibles/filesets/{FILESET_ID}/books?type=text_plain&asset_id=dbp-prod
This route returns a complete list of books for the fileset but for brevity's sake only the first two are shown.
{
"data": [
{
"book_id": "GEN",
"book_id_usfx": "GN",
"book_id_osis": "Gen",
"name": "Genesis",
"testament": "OT",
"testament_order": 1,
"book_order": 1,
"book_group": "The Law",
"chapters": [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50]
},
{
"book_id": "EXO",
"book_id_usfx": "EX",
"book_id_osis": "Exod",
"name": "Exodus",
"testament": "OT",
"testament_order": 2,
"book_order": 2,
"book_group": "The Law",
"chapters": [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40]
}
]
}
Now we wait for user input, say the user chooses Genesis 4 in your apps menu. We are now ready to make a request to get the actual scriptural text content.
/bibles/filesets/ENGESV/MAT/7?type=text_plain&asset_id=dbp-prod
This route returns a complete list of verses for the fileset but for the sake of brevity only the first two are shown. Select verse_text and displaying the values to the user finishes our first workflow.
{
"data": [
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_name": "Matthew",
"book_name_alt": "Matthew",
"chapter": 1,
"chapter_alt": "1",
"verse_start": 1,
"verse_start_alt": "1",
"verse_end": 1,
"verse_end_alt": "1",
"verse_text": "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."
},
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_name": "Matthew",
"book_name_alt": "Matthew",
"chapter": 1,
"chapter_alt": "1",
"verse_start": 2,
"verse_start_alt": "2",
"verse_end": 2,
"verse_end_alt": "2",
"verse_text": "Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,"
}
]
}
You might want to add Audio to your new app. We'll need to refer back to step
1 and get the fileset_id of the audio bible of your choice. Let's say the app
has knows that this user prefers dramatized audio. So the filesets we will be
looking for are audio
or audio_drama
. ENGESVC2DA16
is the fileset we'll
select for so to ensure that the same book and chapter combination is readily
available for the dramatized audio bible. We'll hit the books route again.
bibles/filesets/ENGESVN2DA/books?fileset_type=audio_drama&asset_id=dbp-prod
[
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_id_usfx": "MT",
"book_id_osis": "Matt",
"name": "Matthew",
"testament": "NT",
"testament_order": 1,
"book_order": 41,
"book_group": "Gospels",
"chapters": [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28]
}
]
We can now fetch files directly, fetch the filesets route with the additional
params type
, book_id
, and chapter_id
bibles/filesets/ENGESVN2DA?type=audio_drama&book_id=MAT&chapter_id=1
{
"data":
[{
"book_id":"MAT",
"book_name":"Matthew",
"chapter_start":1,
"chapter_end":null,
"verse_start":1,
"verse_end":null,
"timestamp":null,
"path":"https:\/\/content.cdn.dbp-prod.dbp4.org\/audio\/ENGESV\/ENGESVN2DA\/B01___01_Matthew_____ENGESVN2DA.mp3?x-amz-transaction=0000001&Expires=1552418215",
"duration":210
}]
}
Let's imagine that we're building an app that starts the end user off looking at a list of Bibles from which they will choose a Bible, Book, and Chapter to read.
Note: All example URLs in these common workflows will assume you're passing an
Authorization
header and the api version headerv: 4
First, make a query to the Bibles route with the added requirements video_stream and dbp-vid
/bibles?media=video_stream&asset_id=dbp-vid
Note: What's
dbp-vid
? The bibles call nests allfilesets
under varientasset_id
values. Each asset id corresponds with a DBP provider AWS instance hit/api/buckets
for a complete list ofasset_id
values and organizations
Here's what your response might look like:
{
"data": [
{
"abbr": "EN1ESV",
"name": "English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible",
"vname": null,
"language": "English",
"autonym": "English",
"language_id": 6414,
"iso": "eng",
"date": "2001",
"filesets": {
"dbp-vid": [
{
"id": "ENGESHP2DV",
"type": "video_stream",
"size": "NTP",
"bitrate": "64kbps",
"codec" : "mp3",
"container" : "mp3"
}
]
}
}
]
}
Now let us assume the user picked the bible EN1ESV
from the
example above.
/bibles/{BIBLE_ID}/book?asset_id=dbp-vid&verify_content=true
This route returns a complete list of books for the bible but for brevity's sake only the first one is shown (for BIBLE_ID=EN1ESV).
{
"data": [
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_id_usfx": "MT",
"book_id_osis": "Matt",
"name": "Matthew",
"testament": "NT",
"testament_order": 1,
"book_order": 41,
"book_group": "Gospels",
"chapters": [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28],
"content_types": [
"video_stream"
]
}
]
}
Now that we have the bible, book and chapter let us get the chapter information so we can use the video
/bibles/{BIBLE_ID}/chapter?chapter={CHAPTER_ID}&book_id={BOOK_ID}
This route returns the complete information of the chapter, but for brevity's sake here are just the gospel_films results.
{
"bible_id": "EN1ESV",
"book_id": "MAT",
"chapter": "1",
"filesets": {
"video": {
"gospel_films": [
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_name": "Matthew",
"chapter_start": 1,
"chapter_end": null,
"verse_start": 1,
"verse_end": 17,
"thumbnail": "https://dbp-vid.s3.amazonaws.com/video/thumbnails/MAT_01.jpg",
"timestamp": null,
"path": "https://api.dbp4.org/api/bible/filesets/ENGESHP2DV/MAT-1-1-17/playlist.m3u8",
"duration": 201
},
{
"book_id": "MAT",
"book_name": "Matthew",
"chapter_start": 1,
"chapter_end": null,
"verse_start": 18,
"verse_end": 25,
"thumbnail": "https://dbp-vid.s3.amazonaws.com/video/thumbnails/MAT_01.jpg",
"timestamp": null,
"path": "https://api.dbp4.org/api/bible/filesets/ENGESHP2DV/MAT-1-18-25/playlist.m3u8",
"duration": 129
}
]
}
}
}
Now we have a list of videos and thumbnail that we can use on a video player
Note: The
path
of the video needs anAuthorization
header and the api version headerv: 4