Manual access

It’s recommended to use the official client if able to save you a lot of time, but fetch(bible) can also be accessed manually if the need arises. For example, you may want to access the collection via a language other than Javascript.

Manifest

There is a single JSON document that contains all the metadata for all Bible translations. You can inspect the structure and parse it as needed.

Sources

If you need the original source files for Bible translations they are available in the official collection repository.

Available formats

All bibles are provided in USX 3+, USFM, HTML, and plain text. You can access each format by providing the translation ID and book ID. The following links will take you to an example of 3 John from the BSB.

• https://collection.fetch.bible/bibles/{id}/usx/{book}.usx
• https://collection.fetch.bible/bibles/{id}/usfm/{book}.usfm
• https://collection.fetch.bible/bibles/{id}/html/{book}.json
• https://collection.fetch.bible/bibles/{id}/txt/{book}.json

The HTML and plain text formats are broken into verses and stored within a JSON structure. This allows easy extraction of specific passages and also easy reassembly. Please see the converter’s documentation on the structure.

The HTML is standard HTML with custom classes which are designed to be used with the fetch(bible) client’s stylesheet. The classes are based on the USX elements the HTML was converted from.

Book ids match the USX standard but are lowercase only.