KJV API

KJV accessible via web calls

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API ENDPOINT SPECIFICATION v 0.3
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/find - Tries to show a verse, if it's not a verse
       it will try to search your query. If it's a
       single query it will try to find a definition
       for the word as well. Only avaliable in "Rich"
       and meant for interactive use/browsing
/random - outputs a random verse
/votd - returns verse of the day
/search - returns a keyword search result set
/show - returns a verse or set of verses by name/location
/define - 1828 Noah Webster dictionary search
/seq - Incremental sequence of Bible verses (per request)

URL PARAMETERS
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view=
- json - json-encoded response
- plain - plaintext response
- rich - pretty response with css
default: json

kw=
- Used with /search /show/ /define /find
- The keyword(s) of your query, separated by commas
-- ex ?kw=1cor5:1-5,2Peter2:5

getuid=
- Used only with /seq
- Set this to "true" to recieve a new UID for use with /seq?uid=

start=
- Used only with /seq
- You can use a ref like "1Cor5:1" to start there
  instead of Genesis 1:1 as is the default
- Only used when creating a new UID
- If you want to "start in a new place" - just create a new UID

uid=
- Used only with /seq
- Required parameter for normal use of /seq

num=
- Used only with /seq
- You can get the "next # verses" in your sequence




FEATURES
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- King James Only. (No heretical commentaries or false Bibles)
- High quality source documents 
- Free
- Developer hates the sodomites

INTERACTIVE ENDPOINTS
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The following endpoints will present you with a query box and
radio selector for choosing your output format.
- /     (same function as /find)
- /search
- /define
- /show


EXAMPLES
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api.tld/random
api.tld/votd?view=rich
api.tld/show?kw=john3:16,1john5:7&view=plain
api.tld/search?kw=faith
api.tld/search?kw=nimrod&view=rich
api.tld/define?kw=faith&view=rich
api.tld/define?kw=faith&view=rich
api.tld/seq?getuid=true&start=2peter2:1
api.tld/seq?uid=075a8496-9af7-4f44-84ec-ba3e7fa6de29&view=rich

INTEGRATION
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If you want to put the verse of the day into your website, you can use the following example php:
  echo curl_exec(curl_init('https://api.1611.social/votd?view=plain'));

BUGS
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Suggestions, bug reports or improvements can be reported to @tyler@1611.social