Urantia Papers
Full-text and semantic search over the Urantia Papers
An agent-friendly API for the Urantia Papers, covering 197 papers and 17,000+ paragraphs with full-text and semantic search, structured content, entities and audio URLs. This sample pulls a random paragraph with its paper and section references. The public GET endpoints need no key.
GET https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/random?maxLength=300
{
"data": {
"id": "3:92.7.10",
"standardReferenceId": "92:7.10",
"paperId": "92",
"paperTitle": "The Later Evolution of Religion",
"sectionTitle": "The Further Evolution of Religion",
"paragraphId": "10",
"text": "4. The unfettered progress of the personality in this cosmic path of idealistic spiritual living, realization of sonship with God and never-ending progressive citizenship in the universe."
}
}curl "https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/random?maxLength=300"const res = await fetch("https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/random?maxLength=300");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/random?maxLength=300")
print(res.json())/paragraphs/random?maxLength=300PROBEDFull-text and semantic search over the Urantia Papers
/listPaginated list of resources.
/paragraphsParagraphs — documented GET route.
/paragraphs/1Paragraphs details by ID (example: 1).
/paragraphs?limit=10Paragraphs — documented GET route.
/paragraphs/search?q=testSearch by query parameters.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
Urantia Papers: common questions
Is Urantia Papers free to use?
Yes — Urantia Papers is a free books & words API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Urantia Papers need an API key?
No — Urantia Papers needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (200 req/window · 199 remaining · resets 1783508497).
Can I call Urantia Papers from the browser?
Yes — Urantia Papers returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.
Is Urantia Papers up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Urantia Papers is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.