SEsefaria
Index

GET /api/index/{title}

Returns metadata for a single index (work) by title — categories, schema (text structure), authors, descriptive copy, and ordering hints.

Request

  • Base URL
    https://www.sefaria.org
  • URL
    https://www.sefaria.org/api/index/{title}
  • Auth
    none declared

Path parameters

titlestring required

The index title, e.g. Genesis. Use the canonical English title; check GET /api/index/titles for valid values.

Response

Successful Response

titlestring
heTitlestring
categoriesstring[]
schemaobject

Structural schema describing how the text is divided.

orderinteger[]
enDescstring
heDescstring
enShortDescstring
heShortDescstring
pubDateinteger[]
compDateinteger[]
compPlacestring
pubPlacestring

Changes

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