Urantia Papers Papers API
The Papers API from Urantia Papers — 3 operation(s) for papers.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Urantia Papers 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: Papers
paths:
/papers:
get:
operationId: listPapers
tags:
- Papers
summary: List all 197 papers
description: 'Returns metadata for all papers in the Urantia Book, ordered by paper number.
Use `?include=topEntities` to attach a per-paper aggregate of the most-referenced named entities (beings, places, concepts, etc.) sorted by citation frequency.'
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
required: false
name: include
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- default
- rag
default: default
required: false
name: format
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- eng
- es
- fr
- pt
- de
- ko
default: eng
required: false
name: lang
in: query
responses:
'200':
description: List of all papers
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
partId:
type: string
title:
type: string
sortId:
type: string
labels:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
video:
type:
- object
- 'null'
additionalProperties:
type: object
properties:
mp4:
type: string
thumbnail:
type: string
duration:
type: number
required:
- mp4
- thumbnail
- duration
topEntities:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
count:
type: integer
minimum: 0
required:
- id
- name
- type
- count
required:
- id
- partId
- title
- sortId
- labels
- video
required:
- data
example:
data:
- id: '0'
partId: '0'
title: Foreword
sortId: 0.000.000.000
labels:
- Theology
- Cosmology
video:
nova:
mp4: https://video.urantiahub.com/tts-1-hd-nova-0.mp4
thumbnail: https://video.urantiahub.com/thumbnail-0.png
duration: 3262
- id: '1'
partId: '1'
title: The Universal Father
sortId: 1.001.000.000
labels:
- Spirituality
- Theology
video:
nova:
mp4: https://video.urantiahub.com/tts-1-hd-nova-1.mp4
thumbnail: https://video.urantiahub.com/thumbnail-1.png
duration: 2336
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'
/papers/{id}:
get:
operationId: getPaper
tags:
- Papers
summary: Get a paper with all its paragraphs
description: 'Returns a single paper''s metadata along with all its paragraphs in order. Paper IDs range from 0 (Foreword) to 196.
Use `?include=entities` to include typed entity mentions in each paragraph.'
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
required: true
name: id
in: path
- schema:
type: string
required: false
name: include
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- default
- rag
default: default
required: false
name: format
in: query
- schema:
type: string
enum:
- eng
- es
- fr
- pt
- de
- ko
default: eng
required: false
name: lang
in: query
responses:
'200':
description: Paper with paragraphs
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
paper:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
partId:
type: string
title:
type: string
sortId:
type: string
labels:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
type: string
video:
type:
- object
- 'null'
additionalProperties:
type: object
properties:
mp4:
type: string
thumbnail:
type: string
duration:
type: number
required:
- mp4
- thumbnail
- duration
topEntities:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
count:
type: integer
minimum: 0
required:
- id
- name
- type
- count
required:
- id
- partId
- title
- sortId
- labels
- video
paragraphs:
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
required:
- paper
- paragraphs
required:
- data
example:
data:
paper:
id: '2'
partId: '1'
title: The Nature of God
sortId: 1.002.000.000
labels:
- Spirituality
- Theology
video:
nova:
mp4: https://video.urantiahub.com/tts-1-hd-nova-2.mp4
thumbnail: https://video.urantiahub.com/thumbnail-2.png
duration: 2324
paragraphs:
- id: 1:2.0.1
standardReferenceId: '2:0.1'
sortId: 1.002.000.001
paperId: '2'
sectionId: '0'
partId: '1'
paperTitle: The Nature of God
sectionTitle: null
paragraphId: '1'
text: INASMUCH as man’s highest possible concept of God is embraced within the human idea and ideal of a primal and infinite personality, it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to study certain characteristics of the divine nature which constitute the character of Deity. The nature of God can best be understood by the revelation of the Father which Michael of Nebadon unfolded in his manifold teachings and in his superb mortal life in the flesh. The divine nature can also be better understood by man if he regards himself as a child of God and looks up to the Paradise Creator as a true spiritual Father.
htmlText: <span class="urantia-dev-pb-0">INASMUCH as man’s highest possible concept of God is embraced within the human idea and ideal of a primal and infinite personality, it is permissible, and may prove helpful, to study certain characteristics of the divine nature which constitute the character of Deity. The nature of God can best be understood by the revelation of the Father which Michael of Nebadon unfolded in his manifold teachings and in his superb mortal life in the flesh. The divine nature can also be better understood by man if he regards himself as a child of God and looks up to the Paradise Creator as a true spiritual Father.</span>
labels: []
audio:
tts-1-hd:
nova:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/nova/tts-1-hd-nova-1:2.0.1.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 160
duration: 38.1
fileSize: 762240
onyx:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/onyx/tts-1-hd-onyx-1:2.0.1.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 160
duration: 37.9
fileSize: 757440
gpt-4o-mini-tts:
cedar:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/cedar/gpt-4o-mini-tts-cedar-1:2.0.1.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 192
duration: 38.8
fileSize: 931674
- id: 1:2.0.2
standardReferenceId: '2:0.2'
sortId: 1.002.000.002
paperId: '2'
sectionId: '0'
partId: '1'
paperTitle: The Nature of God
sectionTitle: null
paragraphId: '2'
text: The nature of God can be studied in a revelation of supreme ideas, the divine character can be envisaged as a portrayal of supernal ideals, but the most enlightening and spiritually edifying of all revelations of the divine nature is to be found in the comprehension of the religious life of Jesus of Nazareth, both before and after his attainment of full consciousness of divinity. If the incarnated life of Michael is taken as the background of the revelation of God to man, we may attempt to put in human word symbols certain ideas and ideals concerning the divine nature which may possibly contribute to a further illumination and unification of the human concept of the nature and the character of the personality of the Universal Father.
htmlText: <span class="urantia-dev-pb-0">The nature of God can be studied in a revelation of supreme ideas, the divine character can be envisaged as a portrayal of supernal ideals, but the most enlightening and spiritually edifying of all revelations of the divine nature is to be found in the comprehension of the religious life of Jesus of Nazareth, both before and after his attainment of full consciousness of divinity. If the incarnated life of Michael is taken as the background of the revelation of God to man, we may attempt to put in human word symbols certain ideas and ideals concerning the divine nature which may possibly contribute to a further illumination and unification of the human concept of the nature and the character of the personality of the Universal Father.</span>
labels: []
audio:
tts-1-hd:
nova:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/nova/tts-1-hd-nova-1:2.0.2.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 160
duration: 45.9
fileSize: 918240
onyx:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/onyx/tts-1-hd-onyx-1:2.0.2.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 160
duration: 46.2
fileSize: 924480
gpt-4o-mini-tts:
cedar:
url: https://cdn.urantia.dev/audio/eng/paragraphs/cedar/gpt-4o-mini-tts-cedar-1:2.0.2.mp3
format: mp3
bitrate: 192
duration: 45
fileSize: 1080258
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'
'404':
description: Paper not found
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'
'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:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
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$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
/papers/{id}/sections:
get:
operationId: getPaperSections
tags:
- Papers
summary: Get sections within a paper
description: Returns all sections for a given paper, ordered by section number.
parameters:
- schema:
type: string
required: true
name: id
in: path
responses:
'200':
description: List of sections
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
paperId:
type: string
sectionId:
type: string
title:
type:
- string
- 'null'
globalId:
type: string
sortId:
type: string
required:
- id
- paperId
- sectionId
- title
- globalId
- sortId
required:
- data
example:
data:
- id: '2.0'
paperId: '2'
sectionId: '0'
title: null
globalId: 1:2.0.-
sortId: 1.002.000.000
- id: '2.1'
paperId: '2'
sectionId: '1'
title: The Infinity of God
globalId: 1:2.1.-
sortId: 1.002.001.000
headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit:
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X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
'404':
description: Paper not found
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'
'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'
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:
type: integer
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:
type: https://urantia.dev/errors/not-found
title: Not Found
status: 404
detail: Paragraph not found