[sword-devel] getBible.net JSON API is now HARD Linked to the Sword Modules

[David Haslam]

Hi Llewellyn,

Further to my initial reply, I have just created a wiki page for getBible and linked it from here.

https://wiki.crosswire.org/Main_Page#Front-end_Bible_study_applications

One thing that needs clarifying is whether you sync modulesonly to the main CrossWire repository, or whether you also make use of the other module sources listed in the CrossWire Master Repositories List? See

https://wiki.crosswire.org/Official_and_Affiliated_Module_Repositories

A further matter arising is how you handle DistributionLicense for each module?

cf. Some Bibles are copyright but the owner has granted permission for CrossWire to distribute them in SWORD format. It's not completely clear to an outsider looking at getBible for the first time whether the sync'd Bibles are still in SWORD format, or are in a derived format.

If the latter, then it's essential that you speak with Troy A Griffitts and discuss the details.

Best regards,

David Haslam

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------- Original Message -------
On Friday, August 11th, 2023 at 5:45 PM, Llewellyn van der Merwe <llewellyn at vdm.io> wrote:

> Greetings, in the wonderful name of the Lord Jesus.
>
> I spoke to the crosswire community (refdoc at crosswire.org) in 2019, and at the time had to take down our API of the Bible since it was not kept in sync with the Corsswire/Sword modules.
>
> Now this has been done, and it has been stable for three years.
>
> Here is our API documentation page: https://git.vdm.dev/getBible/v2#v2-getbible-api
>
> Here is the build log: https://github.com/getbible/v2_builder/actions (that sync the API with the crosswire modules once a month. Each build takes about three hours.
>
> Here is the documentation on how this works: https://github.com/getbible/v2_builder#guidelines
>
> We have now based on this API built a Joomla component: https://git.vdm.dev/getBible/joomla-component
>
> Which can be used on any website, but here we run the same component on our own website: https://getbible.net/
>
> So I would ask that you add getBible <https://getbible.net/> as a Web-based Software to this page https://www.crosswire.org/applications/
>
> We have a detailed explanation in the component on how the sync process works, if you open https://getbible.net/ you will see a hash value beneath the scripture, with a question mark, just open the link to see the full explanation. This new system will keep all websites that use this system in-sync with the crosswire modules, which is a massive achievement for Crosswire and the whole online Bible world.
>
> Please let me know if you have any further questions, your servant in Chirst Jesus.
>
> Kind regards
> Llewellyn van der Merwe
> Vast Development Method
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