Bible API REST

Bible API RESTful web service developed with Node.js

API

Single passage

Single verse

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1:1

{
  verses: [
    {
      book: 1,
      chapter: 1,
      verse: 1,
      text: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
      tran: "KJV",
      bookRef: "Gen",
      bookName: "Genesis"
    }
  ],
  text: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
}

Single chapter

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1

Single passage range

Single verse range

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1:1-5

Single chapter range

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1-3

Single chapter and verses range

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1:1-2:5

Multiple passages

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1;Gen2:1-3:5

Supported translations

• KJV
• ASV

Single translation

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1:1ASV

{
  verses: [
    {
      book: 1,
      chapter: 1,
      verse: 1,
      text: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
      tran: "ASV",
      bookRef: "Gen",
      bookName: "Genesis"
    }
  ],
  text: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
}

Multiple translations

http://localhost:3333/api/Gen1:1KJV;ASV

{
  verses: [
    {
      book: 1,
      chapter: 1,
      verse: 1,
      text: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
      tran: "KJV",
      bookRef: "Gen",
      bookName: "Genesis"
    },
    {
      book: 1,
      chapter: 1,
      verse: 1,
      text: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.",
      tran: "ASV",
      bookRef: "Gen",
      bookName: "Genesis"
    }
  ]
}

Meta data

http://localhost:3333/api/meta/KJV

Development

Prerequisites

• MongoDB
• Node.js

Setup

Database

Import JSON files from this repo: https://github.com/dev4christ/usfm2json/tree/master/json

KJV

mongoimport --db bibleapi --collection bible --type json --file kjv.json

ASV

mongoimport --db bibleapi --collection bible --type json --file asv.json

NPM Modules

npm install

Run

gulp

Test

mocha

Demo

• http://bibleapi.ws/Gen1
• http://bibleapi.ws/Gen1:1