Wrapper for English Standard Version (ESV) Bible Web Service. See ESV API docs www.esvapi.org/
This is a work in progress. Things are still in flux.
Source: github.com/gdagley/esv Build status: runcoderun.com/gdagley/esv
Application use:
b = ESV::Bible.new
Default response for most actions is HTML
b.passage_query('John 1:1') # => "<div class=\"esv\"><h2>John 1:1 <object type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http://www.esvapi.org/assets/play.swf?myUrl=hw%2F43001001\" width=\"40\" height=\"12\" class=\"audio\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.esvapi.org/assets/play.swf?myUrl=hw%2F43001001\" /><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object></h2>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><h3 id=\"p43001001.01-1\">The Word Became Flesh</h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-first\" id=\"p43001001.05-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v43001001-1\">1:1 </span>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"
XML responses are converted to Hashes
b.passage_query('John 1:1', 'output-format' => 'crossway-xml-1.0') # => {"crossway_bible"=>{"class"=>"passage-query", "passage"=>{"reference"=>"John 1:1", "surrounding_chapters"=>{"previous"=>"Luke 24", "current"=>"John 1", "next"=>"John 2"}, "content"=>{"verse_unit"=>"<markerclass=\"begin-verse\" mid=\"v43001001\"></marker><begin_chapternum=\"1\"></begin_chapter><heading>The Word Became Flesh</heading><begin_paragraphclass=\"chapter-first\"></begin_paragraph><verse_numbegin_chapter=\"1\">1</verse_num>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<end_paragraph></end_paragraph>"}}, "copyright"=>"The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright (c)2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. http://www.esv.org"}}
Command line use:
‘esv’ - for looking up verses and passages
> esv John 1:1 ======================================================= John 1:1 _______________________________________________________ The Word Became Flesh [1:1]In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (ESV)
‘esv_daily_verse’ - for retrieving the ESV Daily Verse
> esv_daily_verse ======================================================= Romans 8:38-39 [38]For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, [39]nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)
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Add command line binaries for:
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‘esv_daily_reading’ - for retrieving the ESV Daily Reading Plan
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Finish specs
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Make more Ruby-like
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httparty
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sudo gem install gdagley-esv
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Fork the project.
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Make your feature addition or bug fix.
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Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
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Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
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Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
Copyright © 2009 Geoffrey Dagley. See LICENSE for details.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.