# The Holy Bible – Open Source REST API

I have developed a REST API for reading and searching across The Holy Bible. It is Open Source and available on GitHub.

The project is written in GO. And it is dockerized. The legacy PHP version can be found here, however, there is no search capability.

A live demo can be viewed here. I am hopeful to keep it hosted, and will scale accordingly, as long as I am financially able to do so.

If you’re working on a cool project and want to consume this API, please feel free to let me know!

Available Translations

• American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
• Bible in Basic English (BBE)
• Darby English Bible (DARBY)
• King James Version (KJV)
• World English Bible (WEB)
• Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
• English Standard Version (ESV)
• New International Version (NIV)
• New Living Translation (NLT)

Example In Action

I have made a web based search and cross reference tool, found here, that consumes this API.

API Specifications

Note: In order to get content for a specific translation, supply translation as a Query Parameter. For example, https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books/1/chapters/1/1001002?translation=ASV

List of Available Translations

GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/translations
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/translations/[TranslationID]

List of Genres

GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/genres
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/genres/[GenreID]

Content

GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books/[BookID]
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books/[BookID]/chapters/[ChapterID]
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books/[BookID]/chapters/[ChapterID]
GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/books/[BookID]/chapters/[ChapterID]/[VerseID]

Cross References

GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/verse/[VerseID]/relations

Search

GET https://bible-go-api.rkeplin.com/v1/search?query=[SearchTerm]

Docker Images

• GO API
• PHP API (Legacy API: does not include search endpoint)
• MariaDB Database
• ElasticSearch Database