Creating Bhagavad Gita Static JSON Files API on GitHub Pages Using Public-Domain Gita Data — Free to Deploy and Use
Techie post but as it is about Bhagavad Gita, I felt I should put it up here. A few days back, I noticed that my Next.js Bhagavad Gita web app, https://gita-rsi.vercel.app/ was giving an error as its graphql backend Gita data service - https://gql.bhagavadgita.io/graphql - provided by somebody else, and so not in my control, was not working. As that backend service continued to be down (including now when I checked), I modified the app to use a simpler alternate service, with app functionality becoming limited. The app's About page has details. This incident triggered me to explore whether I could become independent of others' backend data services by deploying my own Gita data backend. Very interestingly, the Gita data itself (basic verses, translations from 21 famous spiritual authors and commentaries from 16 famous spiritual commentators, etc.) is shared as JSON files under a public domain license. While I don't plan to do such deployment right away, while my mind was ...