python-scriptures 2.2.0

python-scriptures is a Python package and regular expression library for validating, extracting, and normalizing biblical scripture references from blocks of text.

python-scriptures is a Python 2 and Python 3 compatible package and regular expression library for validating, extracting and normalizing biblical scripture references from blocks of text.

For more information, see http://www.davisd.com/projects/python-scriptures/

Typical usage is as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env python

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.extract('This is a test Rom 3:23-28 and 1 JOHn 2')
[('Romans', 3, 23, 3, 28), ('I John', 2, 1, 2, 29)]

Range validation is performed automatically and invalid references are not extracted.

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.extract('Romans 3:23 is real, but Romans 2:30 is invalid.')
[('Romans', 3, 23, 3, 23)]

Multi-Chapter references work:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.extract('You can specify a range of chapters like Rev 2-3')
[('Revelation of Jesus Christ', 2, 1, 3, 22)]

References with single chapter books do not require the chapter be specified.

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.extract('You can specify a single verse such as Jude 4')
[('Jude', 1, 4, 1, 4)]
>>> scriptures.extract('Or specify multiple verses with jude 2-5...')
[('Jude', 1, 2, 1, 5)]

Installation

A setup script (setup.py) is provided. To install, simply run the script with the install command:

$ python setup.py install

Or just put the scriptures package somewhere on the Python path.

API

Return Values

When a “scripture reference” is returned, it is always a five value tuple consisting of:

(‘Book name’, start chapter, start verse, end chapter, end verse)

Functions

There are four public functions exposed by this package.

extract

Extract a list of tupled scripture references from a block of text.

Arguments:

text – the block of text containing potential scripture references

Example:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.extract('This is a test Rom 3:23-28 and 1 JOHn 2')
[('Romans', 3, 23, 3, 28), ('I John', 2, 1, 2, 29)]

reference_to_string

Get a display friendly string from a scripture reference.

Arguments:

bookname – the full or abbreviated book name

chapter – the starting chapter

Optional Arguments:

verse – the starting verse

end_chapter – the ending chapter

end_verse – the ending verse

Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('acts', 1)
'Acts 1'
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('John', 3, 16)
'John 3:16'
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('Rom', 3, 23, 3, 28)
'Romans 3:23-28'
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('ecc', 1, 2, 2)
'Ecclesiastes 1:2-2:26'
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('john', 1, 1, 2, 25)
'John 1-2'

Single Chapter Book Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('jude', 1, 4)
'Jude 4'
>>> scriptures.reference_to_string('2john', 1, 4, 1, 7)
'II John 4-7'

normalize_reference

Get a complete five value tuple scripture reference with full book name from partial data.

Arguments:

bookname – the full or abbreviated book name

chapter – the starting chapter

Optional Arguments:

verse – the starting verse

end_chapter – the ending chapter

end_verse – the ending verse

Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.normalize_reference('acts', 1)
('Acts', 1, 1, 1, 26)
>>> scriptures.normalize_reference('John', 3, 16)
('John', 3, 16, 3, 16)
>>> scriptures.normalize_reference('Rom', 3, 23, 3, 28)
('Romans', 3, 23, 3, 28)
>>> scriptures.normalize_reference('ecc', 1, 2, 2)
('Ecclesiastes', 1, 2, 2, 26)

is_valid_reference

Check to see if a scripture reference is valid.

Arguments:

bookname – the full or abbreviated book name

chapter – the starting chapter

Optional Arguments:

verse – the starting verse

end_chapter – the ending chapter

end_verse – the ending verse

Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> scriptures.is_valid_reference('John', 3, 16)
True
>>> scriptures.is_valid_reference('ecc', 1, 2, 2)
True
>>> scriptures.is_valid_reference('Romans', 2, 30)
False
>>> scriptures.is_valid_reference('Romans', 2, 20, 2, 29)
True

Regular Expressions

There are two compiled regular expression patterns exposed by this package.

book_re

Match a valid abbreviation or book name.

Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> import re
>>> re.findall(scriptures.book_re, 'Matt test Ecclesiastes and 2 peter')
['Matt', 'Ecclesiastes', '2 peter']

scripture_re

Match a scripture reference pattern from a valid abbreviation or book name.

Examples:

>>> import scriptures
>>> import re
>>> re.findall(scriptures.scripture_re, 'Matt 3 & Acts 1:2-3 Rev 2:1-3:2')
[('Matt', '3', '', '', ''), ('Acts', '1', '2', '', '3'),
('Rev', '2', '1', '3', '2')]

Unicode

This library is unicode compatible and recognizes the u2013 en dash and u2014 em dash.

Test Suite

Unit tests are provided to verify chapter and verse style normalization, output formatting, and book names and abbreviations.

To run the test suite, cwd to just outside of the scriptures package and:

$ python -m unittest discover

Author

David Davis <[e-mail]> http://www.davisd.com