holybible_api

Bible API RESTful Node.js based Multilingual (Italian, Spanish, French, German, English and Portuguese) is a free, open source bible api to get verses, chapters or search words or sentence.

API Reference

• Get Versions
• Get Books
• Find verses
• Random verse
• Search a word or a sentence
• Error Managment

---

Versions

GET /versions

Return all bible versions loaded.

Query parameters

None

Response

{
  versions: array<{
    // Language code
    language: string
    // Bible version name
    name: string
    // Flag default
    default: string
    // Bible version description 
    description: string
    // Bible version detail info
    detail_info: string
    // Bible version file name
    file: string
  }>
}

Examples

http://localhost:35907/versions

{
  "versions": [
    {
      "language": "it",
      "name": "NR94",
      "default": "Y",
      "description": "Nuova Riveduta 1994",
      "detailed_info": "Copyright © 1994 by Geneva Bible Society",
      "file": "NR94.SQLite3"
    },
    {
      "language": "en",
      "name": "ESV",
      "default": "Y",
      "description": "English Standard Version 2001, 2016",
      "detailed_info": "The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.",
      "file": "ESV.SQLite3"
    },
    ...
    ...
  ]
}

---

Books

GET /books

Return all books available.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Description	Mandatory
language	String	Language Code (ex. en, pt, it, ...)	Yes
version	String	Bible Version Name	No

Response

{
    // Language code
    language: string
    // Bible version name
    name: string
    // Bible version description 
    description: string
    // Bible books list
    books: array<{
      // Language code
      book_number: number
      // Book short name
      short_name: string
      // Book long name
      long_name: string
      // Total Chapters
      chapters: number
      // Total verses 
      verses: number
    }>
  }>
}

Examples

http://localhost:35907/books?language=en

{
  "language": "en",
  "name": "ESV",
  "description": "English Standard Version 2001, 2016",
  "books": [
    {
      "book_number": 10,
      "short_name": "Gen",
      "long_name": "Genesis",
      "chapters": 50,
      "verses": 1533
    },
    {
      "book_number": 20,
      "short_name": "Exo",
      "long_name": "Exodus",
      "chapters": 40,
      "verses": 1213
    },
    ...
    ...
  ]
}

---

Find

GET /find

Find and return verses.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Description	Mandatory
language	String	Language Code (ex. en, pt, it, ...)	Yes
search	String	Search String in format : [book short name*].[chapter]:[from verse]-[to verse] Examples : Ge.1:2-3 - Genesis chapter 1 from verses 2 to 3 Le.4 : Leviticus chapter 4 Ru - All Ruth	Yes
version	String	Bible Version Name	No

Response

{
    // Language code
    language: string
    // Bible version name
    name: string
    // Bible version description 
    description: string
    // Bible books list
    books: array<{
      // Language code
      book_number: number
      // Book short name
      short_name: string
      // Book long name
      long_name: string
      // Chapters list
      chapters: array<{
        // Chapter number
        chapter_number: number
        // Verses List
        verses: array<{
          // Verse Number
          verse: number
          // Verse Text
          text: string
        }> 
      }> 
    }>
  }>
}

Examples

http://localhost:35907/find?language=it&search=Ge.9:4-5;Le.10;Ru

{
  "language": "it",
  "name": "NR94",
  "description": "Nuova Riveduta 1994",
  "books": [
    {
      "book_number": 10,
      "short_name": "Ge",
      "long_name": "Genesi",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapter": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verse": 4,
              "text": "ma non mangerete carne con la sua vita <f>[1]</f>, cioè con il suo sangue."
            },
            {
              "verse": 5,
              "text": "Certo, io chiederò conto del vostro sangue, del sangue delle vostre vite; ne chiederò conto a ogni animale; chiederò conto della vita dell'uomo alla mano dell'uomo, alla mano di ogni suo fratello."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "book_number": 30,
      "short_name": "Le",
      "long_name": "Levitico",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapter": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verse": 1,
              "text": "<pb/><f>ⓐ</f> Nadab <f>[1]</f> e Abiu <f>[2]</f> figli d'Aaronne, presero ciascuno il suo turibolo, vi misero dentro del fuoco, vi posero sopra dell'incenso, e offrirono davanti al Signore del fuoco estraneo, diverso da ciò che egli aveva loro ordinato."
            },
            ...
            ...

---

Random

GET /random

Return a random verse.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Description	Mandatory
language	String	Language Code (ex. en, pt, it, ...)	Yes
version	String	Bible Version Name	No
book	String	Bible Book Short Name (ex. Le, pr, ...)	No

Response

{
    // Language code
    language: string
    // Bible version name
    name: string
    // Bible version description 
    description: string
    // Books List 
    books: array<{
      // Language code
      book_number: number
      // Book short name
      short_name: string
      // Book long name
      long_name: string
      // Chapters list
      chapters: array<{
        // Chapter number
        chapter_number: number
        // Verses List
        verses: array<{
          // Verse Number
          verse: number
          // Verse Text
          text: string
        }> 
      }> 
    }>
  }>
}

Examples

http://localhost:35907/random?language=es&book=pr

{
  "language": "es",
  "name": "RVA15",
  "description": "Reina Valera Actualizada, 2015",
  "books": [
    {
      "book_number": 240,
      "short_name": "Pr",
      "long_name": "Proverbios",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapter": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verse": 10,
              "text": "<t>La disciplina le parece mal al que abandona el camino, </t><t>y el que aborrece la reprensión morirá.</t>"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

---

Search

GET /search

Return verses contains a word or a sentence.

Query parameters

Param	Type	Description	Mandatory
language	String	Language Code (ex. en, pt, it, ...)	Yes
word	String	Word or sentence to find	Yes
version	String	Bible Version Name	No
limit	Number	Maximum number of results	No

Response

{
    // Language code
    language: string
    // Bible version name
    name: string
    // Bible version description 
    description: string
    // String to search 
    search: string    
    // Total Number of matches
    total: number    
    // Limit Number of matches to show
    limit: number    
    // Results List 
    searches: array<{
      // Language code
      book_number: number
      // Book short name
      short_name: string
      // Book long name
      long_name: string
      // Chapter number
      chapter: number
      // Verse Number
      verse: number
      // Verse Text
      text: string
      }> 
    }>
  }>
}

Examples

http://localhost:35907/search?language=en&word=bread&limit=2

{
  "language": "en",
  "name": "ESV",
  "description": "English Standard Version 2001, 2016",
  "search": "bread",
  "total": 376,
  "limit": 2,
  "searches": [
    {
      "book_number": 10,
      "short_name": "Gen",
      "long_name": "Genesis",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "<t>By the sweat of your face </t><t>you shall eat bread, </t><t>till you return to the ground, </t><t>for out of it you were taken; </t><t><f>ⓤ</f>for you are dust, </t><t>and <f>ⓥ</f>to dust you shall return.” </t>"
    },
    {
      "book_number": 10,
      "short_name": "Gen",
      "long_name": "Genesis",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, <f>[5]</f> its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits."
    }
  ]
}

Error Managment

Error Response

{
    // Language code
    error: number,
    function: string,
    description: string
}

Prerequisites

• Node v16.13.1 or upper
• npm v7.19.1 or upper

Built With

• Visual Code Editor

NPM Modules

npm install

Run

npm start

Authors

• Giovanni Palleschi - gpalleschi

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details