A module to scrape biblehub.com, also cli app
Project description
BibleHubScrapper
A python module that retrieve a single verse and the information on it from biblehub.com. Also a simple commandline application
Installation
pip3 install BibleHubScrapper
Commandline
To retrieve all the currently available information on a reference, use the '-a' tag:
biblehub -a [Reference]
To only retrieve specific information, pass in the corresponding tag:
biblehub -c [Reference] # Also retrieves the cross-references
biblehub -t [Reference] # Also retrieves the lexicon
As with most cli tools, arguments can be stacked with one hyphen, such as:
biblehub -cl [Reference] # Retrieves the cross-references and lexicon in addition to the passage
Script Usage
You can import the query method to use in scripts.
from BibleHubScrapper import query
biblehub_query = query('Genesis 1:1')
print(biblehub_query.text) # In the beginning...
By default, it will query all possible fields.
You can choose not to query certain fields by indicating in the parameters
for example:
query('Genesis 1:1', get_lexicons=False)
Useful fields
print(biblehub_query.passage) # Genesis 1:1
print(biblehub_query.version) # NIV (default)
print(biblehub_query.lexicons) # Text, Hebrew words, translit, strong, and English defintions
print(biblehub_query.crfs) # Cross References
print(biblehub_query.tos) # Treasury of Scripture
print(biblehub_query.info) # Prints all the info queried on the verse. Also the same as the __str__
there are also biblehub_query.format_[field]
method that returns the specified field in an easy to read way.
Contributing
If you feel like improving the codebase, adding a feature, or checking my grammar, feel free! Checkout the issues I post for tasks you can help with, reference specific issues when making a PR. Make sure to send a pull request against the development branch.
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