A series of open REST APIs that serves topics, talks, and speaker information regarding General Conference sessions for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Request an API key from [email protected]
- Add the API key to your header
- Make a request with base URL https://api.conference.wardbook.com/{version}/{domain} where {version} and {domain} specified below
See below for a description of how to user the service. If desired, you can also reference the Swagger here
"Topics" are categories of Conference talks centered on a certain theme. Content in this API is derived from the Church's site here.
URL: https://api.conference.wardbook.com/1.0.0/topics?source=web
Query Parameters:
| Key | Value | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source | web or cache | true | web = call the Church's data source directly (always up-to-date but slow), or cache = a cached version of the data (always fast, but may not be up-to-date) |
# Simple HTTP GET Request
curl https://api.conference.wardbook.com/1.0.0/topics?source=web
# Response is an array of "topics"
## The "tag" element can be used to query the /talk domain for talks relative to this topic
{
"isError": false,
"errorMessage": null,
"count": 249,
"results": [{
"title": "Aaronic Priesthood",
"tag": "aaronic-priesthood",
"talks_url": "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/general-conference/topics/Aaronic-Priesthood?lang=eng&encoded=true",
}, {
"title": "adversity",
"tag": "adversity",
"talks_url": "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/general-conference/topics/adversity?lang=eng",
}, {
"title": "Atonement",
"tag": "atonement",
"talks_url": "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/general-conference/topics/Atonement?lang=eng",
}, ...]
}
"Talks" represent each speech given in General Conference, and goes back as far as the church supports online (example here)
URL: https://api.conference.wardbook.com/1.0.0/topics?source=web
Query Parameters:
| Key | Value | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source | web or cache | true | web = call the Church's data source directly (always up-to-date but slow), or cache = a cached version of the data (always fast, but may not be up-to-date) |
| topic | aaronic-priesthood, abortion, abuse, accountability, activation, adam-and-eve, addiction, adversity, agency, angels, anger, animals, apostasy, articles-of-faith, athletics, atonement, attitude, authority, baptism, belonging, bible, bishops, blessings, book-of-mormon, brigham-young, brotherhood, character, charity, children, christianity, christmas, church-attendance, church-callings, church-doctrine, church-growth, church-history, church-leaders, church-leadership, church-meetings, church-membership, church-organization, commandments, commitment, communication, compassion, confidence, confirmation, conscience, consecration, contention, conversion, convert-retention, councils, couple-missionaries, courage, covenants, covetousness, creation, creativity, criticism, curriculum, dating, death, dedication, depression, disabilities, discipleship, disciplinary-councils, discipline, dispensations, divine-nature, divorce, doctrine-and-covenants, duty, easter, education, elderly, employment, endurance, environment, eternal-life, evil, example, excellence, exodus, ezra-taft-benson, faith, fall, false-doctrines, family, family-history, family-home-evening, fasting, fatherhood, fear, fellowshipping, financial-management, first-presidency, first-vision, foreordination, forgiveness, freedom, friendship, gambling, gathering, general-conference, generosity, goals, god-the-father, godhead, good-samaritan, gordon-b.-hinckley, government, grace, greed, habits, happiness, harold-b.-lee, healing, health, heavenly-father, heroes, holidays, holiness, holy-ghost, holy-land, home, home-teaching, homosexuality, honesty, hope, house-of-israel, howard-w.-hunter, humanitarian-aid, humility, humor, idol-worship, individual-worth, inspiration, institute, integrity, jesus-christ, joseph-smith, joy, justice, kindness, kingdom-of-god, knowledge, languages, last-days, laws, leadership, learning, light-of-christ, listening, literacy, literature, loneliness, love, loyalty, marriage, media, meekness, melchizedek-priesthood, mental-health, mental-illness, mercy, military, ministering, miracles, mission-of-the-church, missionary-work, modesty, morality, mortality, motherhood, music, name-of-church, native-americans, neighbors, new-testament, nonmembers, obedience, offense, opposition, ordinances, parenthood, parents, passover, patience, patriarchal-blessings, patriotism, peace, peer-pressure, perspective, pioneers, plan-of-salvation, pornography, poverty, prayer, premortal-existence, preparation, pride, priesthood, priesthood-blessings, priesthood-quorums, primary, priorities, profanity, promptings, prophecy, prophets, quorum-of-the-twelve-apostles, quorums-of-seventy, relief-society, religion, religious-freedom, repentance, respect, responsibility, restoration, resurrection, revelation, reverence, righteousness, sabbath, sacrament, sacredness, sacrifice, safety, satan, scouting, scripture-study, scriptures, sealings, second-coming, self-control, self-esteem, self-reliance, seminary, service, sin, single-members, sisterhood, social-services, spencer-w.-kimball, spirit-world, spiritual-gifts, spirituality, standards, stress, success, sunday-school, tabernacle-choir, talents, teaching, technology, temple, temple-square, temple-work, temples, temptation, testimony, thomas-s.-monson, time-management, tithing, tolerance, traditions, trust, truth, u.s.-constitution, understanding, unity, values, violence, virtue, visiting-teaching, wealth, welfare, wilford-woodruff, wisdom, womanhood, women, word-of-wisdom, work, worldliness, worship, worthiness, young-adults, young-single-adults, young-women, youth, zion | false | the topic to query by |
# Simple HTTP GET Request
curl https://api.conference.wardbook.com/1.0.0/talks?source=web&topic=aaronic-priesthood
# Response is an array of "topics"
## The "tag" element can be used to query the /talk domain for talks relative to this topic
{
"isError": false,
"errorMessage": null,
"count": 249,
"results": {
"title": "What Every Aaronic Priesthood Holder Needs to Understand",
"description": "Brother Holmes teaches that Aaronic Priesthood holders have an important role in helping others to receive the Savior’s atoning power in their lives.",
"quote": "Your Aaronic Priesthood ordination is central to helping God’s children receive Christ’s atoning power.",
"sessionOrder": 0,
"session": {
"name": "General Priesthood Session",
"conferenceOrder": 2,
"conference": {
"year": 2018,
"month": 4
}
},
"speaker": {
"title": "Brother",
"preferredName": "Douglas D. Holmes",
"firstName": "Douglas",
"middleName": "D",
"lastName": "Holmes",
"role": "First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency"
},
"thumbnailUrl": "https://mediasrv.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-services/GC/thumbnail/5761611624001",
"detailUrl": "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/general-conference/2018/04/what-every-aaronic-priesthood-holder-needs-to-understand?lang=eng"
},...]
}Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.