Search

Full-text search across all paragraphs (GET)

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Search the Urantia Papers by keyword. Four search modes:

  • auto (default): a reference such as 68:6.3, 103:2, Paper 68, or a bare number such as 68 (0 to 196) gives those paragraphs. Otherwise the exact phrase comes first, then paragraphs with every word (the last word can be the start of a word). When these give fewer than 10, paragraphs with a typo fixed (meta.didYouMean) and paragraphs with most of the words follow. Each result has match.
  • and: all words must appear
  • or: any word can appear
  • phrase: exact phrase match

Results are ranked by relevance. Optional filters: paperId, partId. When the query names another work, meta.see names it.

Accepts query parameters instead of a JSON body. Designed for AI agents and browser-based access.

get/search

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.urantia.dev
  • URL: https://api.urantia.dev/search
  • Auth: none required

Query parameters

qstring required
pageinteger nullable
limitinteger
paperIdstring
partIdstring
type'auto' | 'phrase' | 'and' | 'or'
includestring
lang'eng' | 'es'

Language to search. es searches the Spanish text: a word matches with or without its accents, a reference such as documento 1 or 1:0.1 gives those paragraphs, and each result has the Spanish text and titles. Spanish has the reference, exact, and all-word matches only.

Response

Search results with pagination

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "bibleParallels": [
        {
          "url": "https://ebible.org/eng-web/JHN17.htm#V1"
        }
      ],
      "scriptureParallels": [
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sikh_Religion/Volume_1/Japji#:~:text=Make%20contentment%20and%20modesty%20thine"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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