StandardWorks

Simple gem that turns scripture references into text. Uses the LDS StandardWorks

The source text is included in the gem (No API Calls), and source is from (thanks mr Ben Crowder!): https://github.com/bcbooks/scriptures-json

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'standard_works'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install standard_works

The two primary methods are lookup and verse. Lookup will include the expanded Reference (if abbreviated) Verse will return text only

require 'standard_works'

# Examples
StandardWorks.lookup  'JS-M 1:24'
#=> {:reference=>"Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:24", :verse=>"Behold, I have told you before;"}
StandardWorks.lookup  'Doctrine and Covenants 88:36'
#=> {:reference=>"D&C 88:36", :verse=>"All kingdoms have a law given;"}
StandardWorks.lookup  'Alma 18:27'
#=> {:reference=>"Alma 18:27", :verse=>"And he said, Yea."}
StandardWorks.lookup 'D&C 88:36'
#=> {:reference=>"D&C 88:36", :verse=>"All kingdoms have a law given;"}

# Verse Only
StandardWorks.verse 'D&C 88:36'
#=> "All kingdoms have a law given;"

I had a few copy paste failures trying to turn scripture references into text. So I added a bunch of the common abbreviations as well as the list from lds.org.

Check out lib/standard_works/abbreviations.rb for the source. Here's a list though

This wasn't exactly built for speed. So it will load all of the scriptures build a hash in memory. The first load can take some time, subsequent lookups go out in haste

user     system      total        real
start:    0.100000   0.010000   0.110000 (  0.109682)
next:     0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000079)

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[dishcandanty]/standard_works. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the StandardWorks project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.