The Shared Word Project
Developers & API
Use the same normalized TSW and Fluent Scripture data that powers the public Bible Reader, passage embeds, Notes, Vocabulary, and search.
API base
https://churchcommons.org/wp-json/tsw/v1/Endpoints
Books and manifest
GET https://churchcommons.org/wp-json/tsw/v1/booksChapter
GET https://churchcommons.org/wp-json/tsw/v1/chapter/john/3Passage
GET https://churchcommons.org/wp-json/tsw/v1/passage/john/3/16/18Search
GET https://churchcommons.org/wp-json/tsw/v1/search?q=steadfast+loveWordPress embeds
Church Commons can render either translation without writing API code. The legacy [tsw] shortcodes remain permanently fixed to TSW.
[bible translation="tsw" book="John" chapter="3" verses="16-18"]
[bible translation="fluent" book="John" chapter="3" verses="16-18"]
[bible_passage reference="John 3:16-18" translation="fluent"]
[tsw book="John" chapter="3" verses="16-18"]License
The TSW and Fluent biblical texts are each licensed under CC BY 4.0. Software packages can carry separate licenses. See License & Attribution before redistributing text or data.