People

List People

GET /v1/people

Parameters

Param	Type	Default	Description
q	string	—	Filter by name (substring match)
gender	string	—	Filter by gender (Male or Female)
limit	integer	50	Results per page (max 200)
offset	integer	0	Pagination offset

Example

curl "https://api.gnosistools.com/v1/people?q=abraham&limit=5" \
  -H "X-API-Key: gn_your_key_here"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "abraham",
      "name": "Abraham",
      "gender": "Male",
      "birth_year_display": "1998 BC",
      "verse_count": 290
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 1, "limit": 5, "offset": 0 }
}

Get Person

GET /v1/people/{slug}

Example

curl https://api.gnosistools.com/v1/people/abraham \
  -H "X-API-Key: gn_your_key_here"

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
slug	string	Unique identifier
uuid	string	Deterministic UUID v5
name	string	Display name
gender	string	Male or Female
birth_year	integer	Astronomical year (negative = BC)
death_year	integer	Astronomical year
birth_year_display	string	Human-readable (e.g., “1998 BC”)
death_year_display	string	Human-readable
birth_place	string	Place slug
death_place	string	Place slug
father	string	Person slug
mother	string	Person slug
siblings	string[]	Person slugs
children	string[]	Person slugs
partners	string[]	Person slugs
verse_count	integer	Number of verse references
verses	string[]	OSIS references (e.g., Gen.11.26)
first_mention	string	First verse reference
name_meaning	string	Etymology of the name
people_groups	string[]	Group slugs