#!/bin/bash # Do some prep work command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "We require jq for this script to run, but it's not installed. Aborting." exit 1 } command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "We require curl for this script to run, but it's not installed. Aborting." exit 1 } # set the query (default: 1 John 3:16-18) QUERY="${1:-62 3:16-18}" # set the translation (default: kjv) VERSION="${2:-kjv}" # get the name from the query TODO: find better filter BOOKNAME=$(echo ${QUERY%%[0-9]?:*} | xargs echo -n) BOOKNAME=$(echo ${BOOKNAME%%[0-9]:*} | xargs echo -n) # check if the name was given by number re='^[0-9]+$' if [[ "$BOOKNAME" =~ $re ]]; then BOOK_NR="${BOOKNAME}" else # get the list of books from the API to get the book number BOOKS=$(curl -s "https://getbible.net/v2/${VERSION}/books.json") BOOK_NR=$(echo "$BOOKS" | jq -r ".[] | select(.name == \"${BOOKNAME}\") | .nr") fi # get chapter and verses numbers NUMBERS=$(echo "${QUERY/$BOOKNAME/}" | xargs echo -n) # get chapter number CHAPTER_NR=$(echo "${NUMBERS%:*}" | xargs echo -n) # get verses numbers VERSES_NR=$(echo "${NUMBERS#*:}" | xargs echo -n) # get chapter text from getBible API CHAPTER=$(curl -s "https://getbible.net/v2/${VERSION}/${BOOK_NR}/${CHAPTER_NR}.json") # read verses into array by comma separator IFS=',' read -ra VERSES_NR_ARRAY <<<"${VERSES_NR}" # start the scripture array SCRIPTURE=() # load the verses in this loop over the verse numbers sets for VER_NR in "${VERSES_NR_ARRAY[@]}"; do # check if this is a range of verses if [[ "${VER_NR}" == *"-"* ]]; then IFS='-' read -ra VER_NR_ARRAY <<<"${VER_NR}" START=${VER_NR_ARRAY[0]} END=${VER_NR_ARRAY[-1]} while [ "$START" -le "$END" ]; do VERSE=$(echo "$CHAPTER" | jq -r ".verses[] | select(.verse == ${START})") TEXT=$(echo "$VERSE" | jq -r '.text') SCRIPTURE+=("${START} ${TEXT}") START=$(($START + 1)) done else VERSE=$(echo "$CHAPTER" | jq ".verses[] | select(.verse == ${VER_NR})") TEXT=$(echo "$VERSE" | jq -r '.text') SCRIPTURE+=("${VER_NR} ${TEXT}") fi done # we return the scripture one verse per/line IFS=$'\n'; echo "${SCRIPTURE[*]}"