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What is this?
A public, git-tracked export of the poetry content from Ganjoor (poets, categories, and poems), generated from the GanjoorService backend. It currently covers 240 poets and 135,319 poems.
A public, git-tracked export of the poetry content from Ganjoor (poets, categories, and poems), generated from the GanjoorService backend. It currently covers 240 poets and 135,319 poems.Is this a dataset, a database, or a live service?It is a static dataset of JSON files served straight from GitHub via the jsDelivr CDN — there's no server, database, or API backend involved.
It is a static dataset of JSON files served straight from GitHub via the jsDelivr CDN — there's no server, database, or API backend involved.How do I actually fetch this data?Start from manifest.json, which lists every poet's id, nickname, and path plus URL templates for the other file kinds, then follow API.md for the plain HTTPS/jsDelivr fetch patterns.
Start from manifest.json, which lists every poet's id, nickname, and path plus URL templates for the other file kinds, then follow API.md for the plain HTTPS/jsDelivr fetch patterns.Do I need to run GanjoorService or any server myself?No — the data is fetched directly over HTTPS via jsDelivr, no server setup required; GanjoorService is only needed if you want to run your own live copy of Ganjoor instead of using this static export.
No — the data is fetched directly over HTTPS via jsDelivr, no server setup required; GanjoorService is only needed if you want to run your own live copy of Ganjoor instead of using this static export.What's missing from this export compared to the real site?Nothing tied to user accounts: no comments, bookmarks, reading history, or edit/correction history is included.
Nothing tied to user accounts: no comments, bookmarks, reading history, or edit/correction history is included.Who would actually use this?Developers building Persian poetry reading apps or tools who want Ganjoor's content without running the full GanjoorService backend — the demo app مینگنجور is built entirely on it.
Developers building Persian poetry reading apps or tools who want Ganjoor's content without running the full GanjoorService backend — the demo app مینگنجور is built entirely on it.Does this leak any user data from Ganjoor?No — the export is explicitly allowlisted to exclude anything tied to a user account.
No — the export is explicitly allowlisted to exclude anything tied to a user account.What is مینگنجور (Min Ganjoor)?It's the live demo reading app for this dataset — a minimal, client-side Persian poetry reader with no backend server, built entirely on the JSON files in this repo.
It's the live demo reading app for this dataset — a minimal, client-side Persian poetry reader with no backend server, built entirely on the JSON files in this repo.How much poetry is actually in here?As of the latest generation (2026-09-01), it tracks 240 poets and 135,319 poems.
As of the latest generation (2026-09-01), it tracks 240 poets and 135,319 poems.Where does the data actually come from?It's generated from GanjoorService, the application backend behind the main Ganjoor site; check that repo if you want to run Ganjoor yourself instead of just consuming this export.
It's generated from GanjoorService, the application backend behind the main Ganjoor site; check that repo if you want to run Ganjoor yourself instead of just consuming this export.What are similar projects?public-api-lists, public-apis, leis, awesome-mcp-servers, Public-APIs, awesome-remote-mcp-servers, http-api-design, definitive-opensource
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