Urantia Papers Entities API
The Entities API from Urantia Papers — 3 operation(s) for entities.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Urantia Papers Entities API
version: 1.0.0
description: 'An API and MCP server for the Urantia Papers. Structured access to all 197 papers and more than 14,500 paragraphs, with full-text and semantic search, named entities, Bible cross-references, and audio. No key needed. Docs: https://docs.urantia.dev'
termsOfService: https://docs.urantia.dev/terms-of-service
contact:
name: urantia.dev
url: https://docs.urantia.dev/help
email: kelson@urantia.dev
license:
name: MIT
url: https://github.com/urantia-hub/urantia-dev-api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.urantia.dev
description: Production
- url: http://localhost:3000
description: Local development
security: []
tags:
- name: Entities
paths:
/entities:
get:
operationId: listEntities
tags:
- Entities
summary: List entities
description: Browse the entity catalog (beings, places, orders, races, religions, concepts). Supports filtering by type and searching by name.
parameters:
- schema:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
minimum: 0
default: 0
required: false
name: page
in: query
- schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
default: 20
required: false
name: limit
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- being
- place
- order
- race
- religion
- concept
required: false
name: type
in: query
- schema:
type: string
maxLength: 200
required: false
name: q
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- eng
- es
- fr
- pt
- de
- ko
default: eng
required: false
name: lang
in: query
responses:
'200':
description: Paginated list of entities
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
enum:
- being
- place
- order
- race
- religion
- concept
aliases:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
seeAlso:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
description: 'Related entry names. An entity with citationCount 0 is a cross-reference stub: follow seeAlso to the entry that has the paragraphs.'
citationCount:
type: integer
description: Number of citations in the source index. A citation of a whole section counts once, so the entity's paragraph total can be higher.
language:
type: string
required:
- id
- name
- type
- aliases
- description
- seeAlso
- citationCount
meta:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: integer
limit:
type: integer
total:
type: integer
totalPages:
type: integer
required:
- page
- limit
- total
- totalPages
required:
- data
- meta
example:
data:
- id: father-melchizedek
name: Father Melchizedek
type: being
aliases: null
description: The original and firstborn Melchizedek Son of Nebadon, created through the union of the Creator Son and Creative Spirit, who serves as Gabriel's executive associate and assumes his responsibilities during his absence from Salvington.
seeAlso:
- Melchizedek Sons
citationCount: 13
- id: machiventa-melchizedek
name: Machiventa Melchizedek
type: being
aliases:
- Machiventa Melchizedek
- Melchizedek
description: A Melchizedek Son who incarnated as an emergency bestowal on Urantia in 1973 B.C., appearing at Salem to preserve the truth of one God and prepare the way for Michael's later bestowal. Known as the Prince of Salem, he taught Abraham and established a covenant based on faith rather than sacrifice, departing after 94 years when his followers began to regard him as supernatural. He now serves as vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia.
seeAlso:
- Melchizedek Sons
- missionaries:Salem missionaries
citationCount: 55
meta:
page: 0
limit: 2
total: 14
totalPages: 7
headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
'429':
description: Too many requests
headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
'500':
description: Internal server error
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
/entities/{id}:
get:
operationId: getEntity
tags:
- Entities
summary: Get an entity by ID
description: Returns a single entity by its slug ID.
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
required: true
name: id
in: path
responses:
'200':
description: The entity
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
enum:
- being
- place
- order
- race
- religion
- concept
aliases:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
seeAlso:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
description: 'Related entry names. An entity with citationCount 0 is a cross-reference stub: follow seeAlso to the entry that has the paragraphs.'
citationCount:
type: integer
description: Number of citations in the source index. A citation of a whole section counts once, so the entity's paragraph total can be higher.
language:
type: string
required:
- id
- name
- type
- aliases
- description
- seeAlso
- citationCount
required:
- data
example:
data:
id: machiventa-melchizedek
name: Machiventa Melchizedek
type: being
aliases:
- Machiventa Melchizedek
- Melchizedek
description: A Melchizedek Son who incarnated as an emergency bestowal on Urantia in 1973 B.C., appearing at Salem to preserve the truth of one God and prepare the way for Michael's later bestowal. Known as the Prince of Salem, he taught Abraham and established a covenant based on faith rather than sacrifice, departing after 94 years when his followers began to regard him as supernatural. He now serves as vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia.
seeAlso:
- Melchizedek Sons
- missionaries:Salem missionaries
citationCount: 55
headers:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
'404':
description: Entity not found
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
headers:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
'429':
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headers:
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
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'500':
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content:
application/problem+json:
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headers:
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X-RateLimit-Remaining:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
/entities/{id}/paragraphs:
get:
operationId: getEntityParagraphs
tags:
- Entities
summary: Get paragraphs mentioning an entity
description: Returns all paragraphs that mention a given entity, ordered by position in the text.
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
required: true
name: id
in: path
- schema:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
minimum: 0
default: 0
required: false
name: page
in: query
- schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
default: 20
required: false
name: limit
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- eng
- es
- fr
- pt
- de
- ko
default: eng
required: false
name: lang
in: query
responses:
'200':
description: Paginated paragraphs mentioning the entity
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
standardReferenceId:
type: string
sortId:
type: string
paperId:
type: string
sectionId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
partId:
type: string
paperTitle:
type: string
sectionTitle:
type:
- string
- 'null'
paragraphId:
type: string
text:
type: string
htmlText:
type: string
language:
type: string
labels:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
audio:
type:
- object
- 'null'
additionalProperties:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: object
properties:
format:
type: string
url:
type: string
duration:
type: number
bitrate:
type: number
fileSize:
type: number
required:
- format
- url
entities:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
enum:
- being
- place
- order
- race
- religion
- concept
required:
- id
- name
- type
bibleParallels:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
chunkId:
type: string
reference:
type: string
bookCode:
type: string
chapter:
type: integer
verseStart:
type: integer
verseEnd:
type: integer
text:
type: string
similarity:
type: number
rank:
type: integer
source:
type: string
embeddingModel:
type: string
required:
- chunkId
- reference
- bookCode
- chapter
- verseStart
- verseEnd
- text
- similarity
- rank
- source
- embeddingModel
urantiaParallels:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
standardReferenceId:
type: string
paperId:
type: string
paperTitle:
type: string
sectionTitle:
type:
- string
- 'null'
text:
type: string
similarity:
type: number
rank:
type: integer
source:
type: string
embeddingModel:
type: string
required:
- id
- standardReferenceId
- paperId
- paperTitle
- sectionTitle
- text
- similarity
- rank
- source
- embeddingModel
required:
- id
- standardReferenceId
- sortId
- paperId
- sectionId
- partId
- paperTitle
- sectionTitle
- paragraphId
- text
- htmlText
- labels
- audio
meta:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: integer
limit:
type: integer
total:
type: integer
totalPages:
type: integer
required:
- page
- limit
- total
- totalPages
required:
- data
- meta
example:
data:
- id: 2:35.4.5
standardReferenceId: '35:4.5'
sortId: 2.035.004.005
paperId: '35'
sectionId: '4'
partId: '2'
paperTitle: The Local Universe Sons of God
sectionTitle: Special Work of the Melchizedeks
paragraphId: '5'
text: The Melchizedek who lived on Urantia during the time of Abraham was locally known as Prince of Salem because he presided over a small colony of truth seekers residing at a place called Salem. He volunteered to incarnate in the likeness of mortal flesh and did so with the approval of the Melchizedek receivers of the planet, who feared that the light of life would become extinguished during that period of increasing spiritual darkness. And he did foster the truth of his day and safely pass it on to Abraham and his associates.
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labels: []
audio:
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- id: 2:43.5.17
standardReferenceId: '43:5.17'
sortId: 2.043.005.017
paperId: '43'
sectionId: '5'
partId: '2'
paperTitle: The Constellations
sectionTitle: The Edentia Fathers since the Lucifer Rebellion
paragraphId: '17'
text: Every quarantined or isolated world has a Vorondadek Son acting as an observer. He does not participate in planetary administration except when ordered by the Constellation Father to intervene in the affairs of the nations. Actually it is this Most High observer who “rules in the kingdoms of men.” Urantia is one of the isolated worlds of Norlatiadek, and a Vorondadek observer has been stationed on the planet ever since the Caligastia betrayal. When Machiventa Melchizedek ministered in semimaterial form on Urantia, he paid respectful homage to the Most High observer then on duty, as it is written, “And Melchizedek, king of Salem, was the priest of the Most High.” Melchizedek revealed the relations of this Most High observer to Abraham when he said, “And blessed be the Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
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labels: []
audio:
tts-1-hd:
nova:
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limit: 2
total: 67
totalPages: 34
headers:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
'404':
description: Entity not found
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
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headers:
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
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'429':
description: Too many requests
headers:
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
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'500':
description: Internal server error
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit:
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
components:
headers:
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
description: The number of requests left in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
example: 199
X-RateLimit-Reset:
description: The time the window resets, in Unix seconds.
schema:
type: integer
example: 1791152213
X-RateLimit-Limit:
description: The number of requests allowed in the current window.
schema:
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example: 200
schemas:
ProblemDetails:
type: object
description: An RFC 9457 problem details object. Every error response uses it.
properties:
type:
type: string
format: uri
description: A URI that names the error type.
title:
type: string
description: The short name of the status.
status:
type: integer
description: The HTTP status code.
detail:
type: string
description: What went wrong in this request.
required:
- type
- title
- status
- detail
example:
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title: Not Found
status: 404
detail: Paragraph not found