General Conference

General Conference talks are available through a dedicated set of API endpoints. These endpoints provide access to talks from 1971 to the present, organized by conference (year/month), session, and individual talk.

The General Conference API uses a different base URL from the scriptures API. All conference endpoints use: /api/conference/v1/lds/en

Base URL

All General Conference endpoints are prefixed with:

/api/conference/v1/lds/en

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/conferences

List conferences

Returns a paginated list of all available conferences, sorted by most recent first.

Query parameters

Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Max number of results to return (1-100, default: 20)
Name
offset
Type
integer
Description
Pagination offset (default: 0)
Name
start_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter conferences starting from this year (inclusive)
Name
end_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter conferences up to this year (inclusive)

Response

{
  "total": 108,
  "limit": 20,
  "offset": 0,
  "conferences": [
    {
      "_id": "2024-10",
      "year": 2024,
      "month": 10,
      "title": "October 2024 General Conference",
      "sessions": [
        {
          "name": "Saturday Morning Session",
          "talkIds": ["2024-10-11nelson", "..."]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/conferences/latest

Get latest conference

Returns the most recent conference available in the database. This is a convenience shortcut for getting the latest conference without pagination.

Response

{
  "_id": "2024-10",
  "year": 2024,
  "month": 10,
  "title": "October 2024 General Conference",
  "sessions": [...]
}

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/conference/:id

Get conference

Returns a single conference by its ID (e.g., 2024-04).

Query parameters

Name
include_talks
Type
boolean
Description
Set to true to include talk metadata (title, speaker, session) in the response. Full talk content is excluded for performance.

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/talk/:id

Get talk

Returns a single conference talk by its ID (e.g., 2024-04-11nelson). Includes the full talk content with paragraphs and footnotes.

Query parameters

Name
paragraph
Type
integer
Description
Return only a specific paragraph number (1-indexed)

The talk model

Name
_id
Type
string
Description
The talk ID (e.g., 2024-04-11nelson)
Name
conferenceId
Type
string
Description
The parent conference ID (e.g., 2024-04)
Name
year
Type
integer
Description
The year of the conference
Name
month
Type
integer
Description
The month of the conference (4 for April, 10 for October)
Name
session
Type
string
Description
The session name (e.g., "Saturday Morning Session")
Name
title
Type
string
Description
The title of the talk
Name
speaker
Type
string
Description
The name of the speaker
Name
role
Type
string
Description
The speaker's calling or role (may be null)
Name
talkNumber
Type
integer
Description
The position of the talk within the conference (1-indexed)
Name
nextTalkId
Type
string
Description
The ID of the next talk, or null if this is the last talk
Name
prevTalkId
Type
string
Description
The ID of the previous talk, or null if this is the first talk
Name
content
Type
object
Description
The full talk content
Name
content.paragraphs
Type
array
Description
Array of paragraph objects, each with text (string) and footNotes (array of footnote objects with start, end, and text fields)

Response

{
  "_id": "2024-04-11nelson",
  "conferenceId": "2024-04",
  "year": 2024,
  "month": 4,
  "session": "Saturday Morning Session",
  "title": "The Power of Spiritual Momentum",
  "speaker": "Russell M. Nelson",
  "role": "President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints",
  "talkNumber": 1,
  "nextTalkId": "2024-04-12oaks",
  "prevTalkId": null,
  "content": {
    "title": "The Power of Spiritual Momentum",
    "speaker": "Russell M. Nelson",
    "role": "President of ...",
    "paragraphs": [
      {
        "text": "My dear brothers and sisters...",
        "footNotes": [
          { "start": 45, "end": 62, "text": "See Doctrine and Covenants 88:63." }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/speakers

List speakers

Returns a paginated, alphabetically sorted list of all speakers who have given conference talks.

Query parameters

Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Max number of results to return (1-200, default: 50)
Name
offset
Type
integer
Description
Pagination offset (default: 0)
Name
q
Type
string
Description
Search speakers by name (partial match, case-insensitive)

Response

{
  "total": 312,
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0,
  "speakers": [
    {
      "_id": "dallinhoaks",
      "name": "Dallin H. Oaks",
      "talkCount": 87,
      "firstYear": 1984,
      "lastYear": 2024
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/speaker/:id

Get speaker

Returns a speaker's profile and a paginated list of their talks (without full content). Filter by year or year range.

Query parameters

Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Max talks to return (1-100, default: 50)
Name
offset
Type
integer
Description
Pagination offset (default: 0)
Name
year
Type
integer
Description
Filter talks by specific year
Name
start_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter talks from this year (inclusive)
Name
end_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter talks up to this year (inclusive)

Response

{
  "speaker": {
    "_id": "dallinhoaks",
    "name": "Dallin H. Oaks",
    "talkCount": 87,
    "firstYear": 1984,
    "lastYear": 2024
  },
  "total": 87,
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0,
  "talks": [
    {
      "_id": "2024-10-12oaks",
      "conferenceId": "2024-10",
      "year": 2024,
      "month": 10,
      "session": "Saturday Morning Session",
      "title": "The Covenant Path",
      "speaker": "Dallin H. Oaks",
      "role": "First Counselor in the First Presidency",
      "talkNumber": 2
    }
  ]
}

GET/api/conference/v1/lds/en/search

Search conference talks

Full-text search across all conference talks. Returns matching paragraphs with talk metadata.

Query parameters

Name
q
Type
string
Description
Search query text (required)
Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
Max results (1-100, default: 20)
Name
offset
Type
integer
Description
Pagination offset (default: 0)
Name
speaker
Type
string
Description
Filter by speaker name (partial match, case-insensitive)
Name
year
Type
integer
Description
Filter by specific year
Name
start_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter by start year (inclusive)
Name
end_year
Type
integer
Description
Filter by end year (inclusive)
Name
session
Type
string
Description
Filter by session name (partial match, e.g., "Saturday Morning")
Name
conference
Type
string
Description
Filter by conference ID (e.g., "2024-04")
Name
highlight
Type
boolean
Description
Include KWIC highlight snippets (default: false)
Name
highlight_window
Type
integer
Description
Words of context around highlighted match (default: 5)

Response

{
  "query": "faith",
  "total": 1250,
  "limit": 20,
  "offset": 0,
  "results": [
    {
      "talkId": "2024-04-11nelson",
      "conferenceId": "2024-04",
      "year": 2024,
      "month": 4,
      "session": "Saturday Morning Session",
      "title": "The Power of Spiritual Momentum",
      "speaker": "Russell M. Nelson",
      "paragraph": 3,
      "text": "Faith is the foundation of all righteousness..."
    }
  ]
}

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