[](https://gitlab.com/erykj/linkture) [](https://pypi.org/project/linkture/) [](https://github.com/erykjj/linkture/releases.atom)
## Purpose
This module contains functions to parse and process Bible scripture references.
The parser can work in **Cebuano, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Ewe, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog and Ukrainian**. It will **recognize** such references and **validate** them to ensure the chapter(s) and/or verse(s) are within range.
It *does not* work with whole books (like "James") unless they are preceded by a number (like "1 John"); otherwise it would have to look up ever single word. Also, it will *not* find the multi-word book name "Song of Solomon" (and its variations), though this (and any other scripture) can be force-detected by tagging the desired reference "manually" within the source text (eg., "{{Song of Solomon 1:1}}") - *one book* per brace pair. These two limitations aside, it works with most book name variants in all the available languages (including common abbreviations): "2 Sam.", "2nd Samuel", "II Samuel", "2Sa", etc. Any special/unusual variants can be added to the *res/custom.json* list.
These found references can be **extracted** as a list of references, or a list of BCV-encoded ranges in the format `bbcccvvv` (where `b` is book, `c` is chapter, and `v` is verse). Or, they can be **tagged** (with '{{ }}') within the text, or replaced with HTML \<a> **links** (with custom prefix and suffix). All of these functions can also include a **rewrite** of the reference with either a full book name, or one of two abbreviation formats, along with **translation** into one of the available languages.
The parser tries to deal "intelligently" with different notations, but there are simply too many "edge-cases". If something isn't being parsed properly, try to rewrite the original reference(s) in a standard way or use {{ }} to force the detection.
A couple of auxiliary functions provide a verse number lookup (either by BCV reference or integer). These can be useful to calculate the number of verses between two references, etc.
____
## Installation
`python3 -m pip install linkture`
____
## Command-line usage
```
> python3 -m linkture -h
usage: linkture.py [-h] [-v] [-q] [-f in-file | -r reference] [-o out-file]
[--language {Cebuano,Chinese,Danish,Dutch,English,Ewe,French,German,Greek,Hungarian,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,Spanish,Tagalog,Ukrainian}]
[--translate {Cebuano,Chinese,Danish,Dutch,English,Ewe,French,German,Greek,Hungarian,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,Spanish,Tagalog,Ukrainian}]
[-s separator] [-u] [--full | --official | --standard]
[-c | -d | -l [prefix [suffix ...]] | -t | -x]
[-sc BCV | -sv BCV | -cv verse | -cc chapter | -bn book]
PARSE and PROCESS BIBLE SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: extract, tag, link, rewrite, translate, BCV-encode and decode.
See README for more information
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v show version and exit
-q don't show errors
-o out-file output file (terminal output if not provided)
--language {Cebuano,Chinese,Danish,Dutch,English,Ewe,French,German,Greek,Hungarian,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,Spanish,Tagalog,Ukrainian}
indicate source language for book names (English if unspecified)
--translate {Cebuano,Chinese,Danish,Dutch,English,Ewe,French,German,Greek,Hungarian,Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Polish,Portuguese,Russian,Spanish,Tagalog,Ukrainian}
indicate output language for book names (same as source if unspecified)
-s separator segment separator (space by default)
-u capitalize (upper-case) book names
data source (one required - except for auxiliary functions, which only take command-line arguments):
choose between terminal or file input:
-f in-file get input from file (UTF-8)
-r reference process "reference; reference; etc."
output format (optional):
if provided, book names will be rewritten accordingly:
--full output as full name - default (eg., "Genesis")
--official output as official abbreviation (eg., "Ge")
--standard output as standard abbreviation (eg., "Gen.")
type of conversion:
if not specified, references are simply rewritten according to chosen (or default) output format:
-c encode as BCV-notation ranges
-d decode list of BCV-notation ranges
-l [prefix [suffix ...]]
create <a></a> links; provide a "prefix" and a "suffix" (or neither for testing)
-t tag scriptures with {{ }}
-x extract list of scripture references
auxiliary functions:
-sc BCV return the serial number (1-1189) of the chapter with code "BCV" ("bbcccvvv")
-sv BCV return the serial number (1-31194) of the verse with code "BCV" ("bbcccvvv")
-cv verse return the BCV code for serial verse number "verse" (integer)
-cc chapter return the BCV range for serial chapter number "chapter" (integer)
-bn book return the name of book number "book" (integer)
```
Some examples:
```
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" --full -u
JOHN 17:17; 2 TIMOTHY 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" --standard
John 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" --official
Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" -c
[('43017017', '43017017'), ('55003016', '55003017')]
$ python3 -m linkture -r "[('43017017', '43017017'), ('55003016', '55003017')]" -d --translate German
['Johannes 17:17', '2. Timotheus 3:16, 17']
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" -l '<a href="https://my.website.com/' '/index.html" class="test">'
<a href="https://my.website.com/43:17:17/index.html" class="test">John 17:17</a>; <a href="https://my.website.com/55:3:16-55:3:17/index.html" class="test">2 Timothy 3:16, 17</a>
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Joh 17:17; 2Ti 3:16, 17" --translate Chinese
约翰福音 17:17; 提摩太后书 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "约翰福音 17:17; 提摩太后书 3:16, 17" --language Chinese --translate Dutch
Johannes 17:17; 2 Timotheüs 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "{{Jean 17:17}}; 2 Timothée 3:16, 17" --language French --translate Spanish --standard
Juan 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17
$ python3 -m linkture -r "Mat 17:17; Paul 3:16, 17" --full -x
['Matthew 17:17']
$ python3 -m linkture -cc 2
('01002001', '01002025')
$ python3 -m linkture -cv 31194
('66022021', '66022021')
$ python3 -m linkture -sv '01001001'
1
$ python3 -m linkture -sc '66022001'
1189
$ python3 -m linkture -bn 3 --official
Le
$ python3 -m linkture -bn 3 --translate German
3. Mose
$ python3 -m linkture -r '2Ti 3:16, 17' --full -s '_'
2_Timothy_3:16,_17
```
Of course, you can pass a whole text file to parse and process using the `-f in_file` flag, instead of `-r "references"`. And you can output to another text file (instead of the terminal) using `-o out_file`.
Unless you use `-q`, you will see in the terminal any out-of-range errors encountered while parsing. Of course, these entries will not be processed, but they will not affect the rest of the operation.
____
## Script/import usage
Assume the text (short string or long document) you want to process is in the variable `txt`.
```
from linkture import Scriptures
s = Scriptures(language="English", translate="Spanish", form="full")
lst = s.list_scriptures(txt)
# returns a list of (valid) extracted scriptures in the desired language and format
lst = s.code_scriptures(txt)
# returns a list of BCV-range tuples (start, end)
html = s.link_scriptures(txt, prefix='<a href="http://mywebsite.com/', suffix='" class="b"')
# this will turn all references into HTML links
tagged = s.tag_scriptures(txt)
# tagged will contain your document with the translated references enclosed within double braces
new_txt = s.rewrite_scriptures(txt)
# the references will simply be rewritten in the desired language and format
i = s.serial_chapter_number(ch_bcv)
# returns the serial number (1-1189) of the chapter identified by the provided BCV-format string; verse digits irrelevant
i = s.serial_verse_number(vs_bcv)
# returns the serial number (1-31194) of the verse identified by the provided BCV-format string
book = s.book_name(i)
# returns the book name indicated by the provided integer (1-66)
ch_bcv = s.code_chapter(i)
# returns a BCV-format range string for the whole chapter indicated by the provided integer (1-1189)
vs_bcv = s.code_verse(i)
# returns a BCV-format range string for the verse indicated by the provided integer (1-31194)
```
Parameters:
* *language* - source language for Scripture parsing
* *translate* - language for Bible book name translation
* *form* - output format of Bible book names
* **"full"** for full name format (eg., "Genesis")
* **"standard"** for standard abbreviation format (eg., "Gen.")
* **"official"** for official abbreviation format (eg., "Ge")
* *None* or not supplied - no re-write will be performed, *unless* translation is performed or *linking* (in which case, "full" is the default)
* *separator* - character(s) to use instead of space (default) to separate the various segments of the scripture
* *upper* - if **True**, outputs book names in UPPER CASE (**False** by default)
* *verbose* - if **True**, show (in terminal) any out-of-range errors encountered while parsing (**False** by default)
____
## Feedback
Feel free to [get in touch and post any issues and suggestions](https://github.com/erykjj/linkture/issues).
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