Servers

The tanach.us site offers many features and imposes the necessary bandwidth, memory, and computing resources on the user's device.

A faster and lighter way to obtain Hebrew text from the site is with one of the 4 servers. These servers produce XML, text, HTML, or ODT formatted content depending on the particular server called.

Each server requires a valid text citation!

The server parameters are a valid text citation possibly followed by additional parameters. Invalid text citations produce errors. A valid citation syntax for the servers has one of three formats defined on the Citation syntax page:

Complete book: b *
Single chapter:Verse range: b c:v1 - v2
Chapter:Verse range: b c1:v1 - c2:v2

The other 3 formats of the Citation syntax page are invalid for the servers. All servers except Server.xml allow optional URL parameters after the citation to customize the display. When viewed in a browser, a served page can be saved as a file. The saved file has a meaningful name with the abbreviated book name and chapter/verse range.

A simple example of a server call without additional URL parameters is:

https://tanach.us/Server.html?Deut26:5-9

which shows Deuteronomy 26:5-9 in HTML from the Server.html server. When this URL is entered into a browser, the only downloaded content is the HTML file itself; the tanach.us site does not need to be loaded at all. The saved file name will be "Deut 26.5 - 9" . (Colons, ':', are problematic in file names.) Incorrect citations or parameters produce meaningful error messages. For example,

https://tanach.us/Server.html .

is erroneous because it lacks a citation.

Click on the links in the "Server" column for more information about a particular server.

Server Purpose Parameters File extension

Server.xml Unicode, UTF-8 text file with XML markup. Not HTML. None .xml

Server.txt Unicode, UTF-8 text file without markup. layout, content. .txt

Server.html Browser-viewable hypertext (XHTML/CSS) document. Many .html

Server.odt Open Document (text) standard document. Many .odt

Server	Purpose	Parameters	File extension
Server.xml	Unicode, UTF-8 text file with XML markup. Not HTML.	None	`.xml`
Server.txt	Unicode, UTF-8 text file without markup.	layout, content.	`.txt`
Server.html	Browser-viewable hypertext (XHTML/CSS) document.	Many	`.html`
Server.odt	Open Document (text) standard document.	Many	`.odt`

No server is available for PDF files.

Checking operation of the servers.

The status of the servers can be checked by the URL:

https://tanach.us/ServerTest

If the servers are not operational, contact the publisher for repairs.

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