API Documentation

Use the Open Scripture API to easily query scripture volumes, books, and chapters getting not only the text, but optionally footnotes and metadata information as well. Additionally, bring your project to life through additional provided endpoints, like parsing a plain text string to valid scripture references, or detecting scripture references in blocks of text.

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Getting started

To get started, create an account and associate an API Key with your account. Your API key must be sent with each request otherwise you will get a 403 http error

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Guides

Quickstart

Jump right in and get started with our quickstart guide

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Base URLs

Select the correct base url for your project needs

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API Keys

Learn about how to generate and use API Keys so that you can access the API

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Errors

Read about the different types of errors returned by the API

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Resources

Volumes

Learn about the volume model and how to access information about the available volumes and the books each volume contains

Books

Learn about the book model and how to access metadata and the chapters that a particular book contains

Chapters

Learn about the chapter model and how to query for a particular chapter getting all of the desired verses, footnotes, and other content

Note: the Open Scripture API is still in beta, and these resources/endpoints can change at any time