Bible Gateway Wrapper

A simple Node module for interacting with the content on Bible Gateway.

Source Code Link: https://github.com/azumbro/BibleGatewayWrapper

NPM Link: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bible-gateway-wrapper

Usage

1. Get the bible-gateway-wrapper module by running npm install bible-gateway-wrapper.

2. Made the wrapper callable from your code by importing it using import { getBibleChapter } from "bible-gateway-wrapper" or const bibleGatewayWrapper = require("bible-gateway-wrapper").

3. Call the wrapper using

   const result = await getBibleChapter(book, chapter, version, format, includeFootnotes)

   or

   const result = await bibleGatewayWrapper.getBibleChapter(book, chapter, version, format, includeFootnotes)

   with the arguments described below.

   • book: The book of the Bible for which to fetch content. See options under "Bible Book List" at biblegateway.com/.

   • chapter: The chapter from the specified book of the Bible for which to fetch content. See options under "Bible Book List" at biblegateway.com/.

   • version: The Bible version for which to fetch content. See options in dropdown at biblegateway.com/.

   • format (optional, defaults to html): The format in which to return content. Options are html (returns the content as an HTML string), html-array (returns the content as an array of HTML strings split by verse), text (returns the content as a plaintext string), or text-array (returns the content as an array of plaintext strings split by verse).

   • includeFootnotes (optional, defaults to false): Boolean value specifying whether or not to include footnotes in the returned content.

Example

Code:

import { getBibleChapter } from "bible-gateway-wrapper"

(async () => {
    const output = await getBibleChapter("Psalms", 117, "RSVCE", "html-array")
    console.log(output)
})().catch((e) => console.log(e))

Output:

[
  'Universal Call to Worship',
  '<span class="chapternum">117 </span>Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, all nations!',
  'Extol him, all peoples!',
  '<sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For great is his steadfast love toward us;',
  'and the faithfulness of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> endures for ever.',
  'Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!'
]