Updated 08282022-003022
I made a Siri Shortcut that retrieves Bible verses and speaks them aloud. Turns out, The Good Book has definitely Gone Digital lol. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e52ff21ed07d4e88ab0fcce042fdc494
ascend to Coolest Cat of your Bible study group with my new Siri Shortcut. https://routinehub.co/shortcut/12335
This shortcut prompts one to enter book and chapter:verse via two Ask for Input actions. It uses the provided values to construct a bible-api.com url in the following format:
https://bible-api.com/[book]%20[chapter:verse]
The value for text in the response is copied to the clipboard, spoken aloud via Siri Voice 2, and then displayed via a Show Result action.
well I'm just glad to hear you like it! the real hero is named Tim Morgan, who developed and maintained the API it draws from (gonna link that in just a sec.)
turns out, it was ridiculously easy to change the translation. literally a matter seconds hehe. turns out, you just append ?translation=kjv to the request URL. https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3af9eeef414c4879a8ec2297f33565c4
here's the API. I was so glad to find a whole set of biblical-adjacent, very 21st century internet tools one afternoon a few weeks ago. just thinking how much I would have absolutely slayed in bible study/lutheran school with stuff like this lmao. https://bible-api.com
@timmrgn hey Tim! I meant to reach out a month ago and appreciate you for developing/maintaining the bible-api when I first published this shortcut. someone reached out to me to say thanks tonight and well... I'm deeply impressed/delighted with the work! https://t.co/DnKSHrT1IO
— ⓓⓐⓥⓘⓓ ⓑⓛⓤⓔ (@NeoYokel) August 28, 2022
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hey Tim! I meant to reach out a month ago and appreciate you for developing/maintaining the bible-api when I first published this shortcut. someone reached out to me to say thanks tonight and well... I'm just deeply impressed/delighted with the work! https://routinehub.co/shortcut/12335/