YouVersion Bible API Client

Python client for the YouVersion Bible API. Use it to read scripture, export your notes and highlights, and work with moments, plans, events, and social features.

Please use responsibly.

Installation

pip install youversion-bible-client

Features

• verse of the day
• moments / feeds
• notes
• verse highlights
• bookmarks
• plan subscriptions
• plan progress
• plan completions
• verse search

Credentials

Set credentials via environment variables or a .env file:

YOUVERSION_USERNAME=your_username
YOUVERSION_PASSWORD=your_password

Quick start

Async (recommended)

import asyncio
from youversion.clients import AsyncClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncClient() as client:
        votd = await client.verse_of_the_day()
        print(votd.usfm)

        chapter = await client.get_bible_chapter("GEN.1", version_id=1)
        print(chapter["reference"]["human"])

asyncio.run(main())

Sync

from youversion.clients import SyncClient

with SyncClient() as client:
    notes = client.notes(page=1)
    print(len(notes))

Common tasks

Task	Method
Verse of the day	verse_of_the_day()
Highlights, notes, bookmarks	highlights(), notes(), bookmarks()
Bible search	search_bible("love", version_id=1)
Bible chapter	get_bible_chapter("GEN.1", version_id=1)
Audio chapter	get_audio_chapter("GEN.1", version_id=1)
Reading plans	plan_progress(), search_plans("daily")
Friends	get_friends(), get_friend_suggestions(language_tag="en")
Notifications	get_notifications()
Events	search_events("church"), get_event_details(event_id)

Sample responses

Values below are trimmed from live integration tests. User-specific fields are anonymized.

Verse of the day (verse_of_the_day()):

{
  "day": 178,
  "usfm": ["ISA.43.18", "ISA.43.19"],
  "image_id": null
}

Bible chapter (get_bible_chapter("GEN.1", version_id=1)):

{
  "reference": {
    "usfm": ["GEN.1"],
    "human": "Genesis 1",
    "version_id": 1
  },
  "content": "<div>... verse HTML ...</div>",
  "next": {"usfm": ["GEN.2"], "human": "Genesis 2"}
}

Bible configuration (get_bible_configuration()):

{
  "short_url": "https://www.bible.com/",
  "totals": {"versions": 3809, "languages": 2439}
}

Note: default_versions[].id is a language id, not a Bible version id. Resolve a version id via get_bible_versions("eng") or use a known id such as 1 (KJV).

API notes

• Public endpoints (no Bearer token): get_bible_chapter, get_audio_chapter, get_moments_configuration, get_moments_votd. The client handles this automatically.
• Friend suggestions require language_tag="en" (ISO 639-1), not eng.
• User badges come from badges() via the moments feed, not a separate badges service.

CLI

uv run youversion votd
uv run youversion highlights --page 1
uv run youversion get-bible-chapter --reference GEN.1 --version-id 1

See DOCS.md for the full method list and docs/ for Sphinx documentation.

Development

uv sync
uv run pytest
uv run pytest tests/test_api_integration.py -m integration  # requires .env credentials

Integration runs save request/response JSON under results/integration/.