[Restored topic] Scripture API JSON

Questions about Thunkable Publishing
1

I have to apologize to whoever posted the message below. I was editing your post to put ``` marks before and after your JSON text to fix the formatting and it deleted your entire topic. Here is the post you had made:

I am trying to create a scripture trivia game that generates a random scripture reference and pulls the text for that scripture from an API. I have it working for a reference that includes one or two verses, but I am running into problems once I get to three or more verses. It seems like I am getting the first and last, but nothing in the middle.

Here is the json response

{
    "api": {
        "q": "Isaiah 58:6-8",
        "format": "json"
    },
    "scriptures": [
        {
            "scripture": "Isaiah 58:6",
            "book": "Isaiah",
            "chapter": 58,
            "verse": 6,
            "text": "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"
        },
        {
            "scripture": "Isaiah 58:7",
            "book": "Isaiah",
            "chapter": 58,
            "verse": 7,
            "text": "Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?"
        },
        {
            "scripture": "Isaiah 58:8",
            "book": "Isaiah",
            "chapter": 58,
            "verse": 8,
            "text": "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward."
        }
    ]
}

Here is my block where I’m storing the data in a string variable

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Here is an alternate block where I store the data in a list (with the same issue)

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Here is an image of an app result (not the same scripture obviously, but the same principle applies) in case the context is helpful.

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2

@jared I will have to stop editing posts to add code (```) tags. It seems to delete the posts as soon as I save the posts. This has happened twice now.

3

Using the alternate block screenshot, what happens if you replace app variable verseLength with the number block 3? The JSON response you posted as text only has 3 items in the list/array so I’m curious what happens if you avoid using a variable there.

The screenshot of different scripture is not helpful. Can you post the actual result you’re seeing on your screen when you substitute 3 for the variable?