Scriptable Daily Scripture Widget with Picsum/Unsplash Background

dailyScripture_widget.js

// Inspired/Forked from https://gist.github.com/mattapperson/114e5267d5bc736fbe616b6205f3df92 (Scriptable DailyText widget.js)
let dailyText = await loadText()
let widget = await createWidget(dailyText)

if (config.runsInWidget) {
  await widget.presentSmall()
} else {
  // await widget.presentSmall()
  // opens the Scripture URL in Safari when tapped on the widget
  let url = "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search="
  let param = encodeURI(dailyText.verse.details.reference)
  Safari.open(url + param + "&version=NIV")
}

Script.setWidget(widget)
Script.complete()

async function createWidget(dailyText) {
  const scripture = dailyText.verse.details.text
  const ref = dailyText.verse.details.reference
  const imgURL = "https://picsum.photos/id/1035/400"

  let titleFont = Font.semiboldSystemFont(12)
  let txtFont = Font.systemFont(12)

  let w = new ListWidget()
  
  if (imgURL != null) {
    let imgReq = new Request(imgURL)
    let img = await imgReq.loadImage()
    w.backgroundImage = img
  }
  
  let titleTxt = w.addText(scripture)
  titleTxt.font = titleFont
  titleTxt.textSize = 12
  titleTxt.textColor = new Color("#333")

  let article = w.addText(ref)
  article.font = txtFont
  article.textColor = Color.white()
  article.textOpacity = 0.8
  article.textSize = 12

  return w
}
  
async function loadText() {
  const date = new Date()
  let myurl = `https://beta.ourmanna.com/api/v1/get/?format=json`
  let req = new Request(myurl)
  let json = await req.loadJSON()
  return json
}