Bible.org NET Bible wrapper

bible.org.coffee

# Wrapper for bible.org NET Bible API
# Use must follow copyright statement at http://bible.org/netbiblecopyright

# Code released into the public domain, without warranty

http = require 'http'

get_passage = (passage, callback) ->
  passage = encodeURIComponent passage
  options =
    host: 'labs.bible.org'
    port: 80
    path: "/api/?passage=" + passage + "&type=json"

  buffers = []

  request = http.get options, (res) ->
    console.log 'fulfilling request for', options.path
    res.on 'data', (chunk) ->
      buffers.push chunk

    res.on 'end', ->
      callback JSON.parse buffers.join ''

  request.on 'error', (error) ->
    console.log 'problem with request:', error.message