Islam Companion Web API
Introduction
The ”Islam Companion Web API” project is a RESTFul API (Application Programming Interface) that allows users to add Holy Quran and Hadith data to their applications.
It provides Holy Quran translation in 42 languages. Following languages are supported: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Amazigh, Czech, German, Divehi, Spanish, English, Persian, French, Hindi, Hausa, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Malayalam, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Somali, Sindhi, Albanian, Swahili, Turkish, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Thai, Uzbek, Urdu, Uyghur and Chinese.
Hadith translation is provided in Urdu, English and Arabic languages.
The goal of the Islam Companion Web API is to help users develop applications that promote knowledge about Islam.
Features
The Islam Companion Web API has the following features:
- It provides translations of Holy Quran in 42 languages
- It provides translations of Hadith in Urdu, English and Arabic languages
- It provides 8 API functions for fetching Quranic data
- It provides 7 API functions for fetching Hadith data
- The source code is available under GPL License
- The source code is well commented and easy to update
Requirements
The Islam Companion Web API requires PHP >= 7.2. It also requires MySQL server >= 5.6.
Installation
The following steps can be used to install the “Islam Companion Web API” project on your own server:
- Download the source code from GitHub
- Move the source code to the document root of a virtual host
- Download the contents of the database from: here
- Extract the downloaded file
- Create a database and import the contents of the SQL file to the database. Note down the credentials used for connecting to the database
- Enter the database credentials in the file api/config/RequiredObjects.php
- In the file: api/Config.php, on line 37 enter the domain names that will be used to access the API
- Customize the following variables in the file: api/config/General.php. $config[‘app_name’], $config[‘dev_mode’] and $config[‘site_url’]
Download data
We have compiled a Hadith database with the purpose of spreading knowledge of Hadith. The database should be used by developers in their own applications. The Hadith database contains text in Urdu, English and Arabic languages.
- Click here to download the Hadith database in .sql format for MySQL server.
- Click here to download the Hadith database in .db format for SQLite server.
- Click here to download the Quranic database in .db format for SQLite server.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Islam Companion Web API. It is a RESTFul API for accessing Holy Quran and Hadith data
- What can I do with the Islam Companion Web API. You can develop web based applications that present Holy Quran and Hadith data to the user. The Islam Companion API can work as the back-end of your application.
- Which languages are supported by the Islam Companion Web API. Click Here
- What functions are provided by the Islam Companion Api. Please read the documentation.
- From where does the API get its data. The Islam Companion API uses Holy Quran translations from http://tanzil.net/trans/. It uses Hadith data from http://hadithcollection.com/ and https://www.quranurdu.com/Ahadith/.
- How do I use the API. To use the API, you have to make HTTP POST request to your server. Please see following sample code in PHP language.
Sample Code
<?php
$data = array(
'language' => 'English',
'narrator' => 'Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall'
);
// Prepare new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init('https://your-host-name/api/get_random_verses');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
// Submit the POST request
$result = curl_exec($ch);
// Close cURL session handle
curl_close($ch);
// json decode the response
$result = json_decode($result, true);
// Print the result
print_r($result);
?>Usage
The Islam Companion Web API supports the following functions. All function response values are in JSON format. To test the API, use the following url: https://your-host-name/api/ for making API requests. All API requests must be of type HTTP POST and should include the required API parameters.