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# Push retained scripture with optional selected translations

POST https://api.bibleit.app/v1/lives/{live_id}/stack
Content-Type: application/json

Append the requested scripture reference to the owned Live's scripture stack. The reference requires `book_id`; omit `chapter` for a whole book, include `chapter` for a chapter, and add `verse` for a single verse. A verse requires a chapter. Omit `translation` to use the Live's configured translations; missing configuration returns 409 `translations_not_configured`. Current enabled-library access is required. Returns the updated stack, `affected` count, sequence and `ETag`. Requires the current Live `ETag` in `If-Match`; missing/stale conditions return 428/412. Invalid references return 422, denied access 403, and domain state conflicts 409. `Idempotency-Key` is unsupported; never automatically replay an ambiguous push.

**Required scopes:** `live.update`, `translation.read`. Scopes intersect current authority; browser cookies never authenticate REST.

Reference: https://docs.bibleit.dev/api-reference/live-controls/push-live-stack

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal bearer credential issued through existing account settings or browser-approved CLI flow. Must be active, finite, unexpired, unrevoked, within any rotation overlap, and bound to an active personal membership/user/account. Explicit scopes intersect current user permissions; empty existing personal scopes inherit current user authority. Not an OAuth grant or service token. Browser cookies are ignored.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Organization-owned service token. Issue the initial token in organization credential settings. Scopes are documented per operation via x-required-scopes; they are not OAuth scopes.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Registered public-client OAuth for personal-account resources only. Exact registered HTTPS or fixed-port literal loopback redirect; S256 required; explicit consent. No organization/presentation authority. identity.read is required for /me and account metadata. Scope intersection with current user authority; no empty-scope inheritance.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `live_id` (string, required)

### Headers

- `If-Match` (string, required) — Current strong Live ETag. Missing:428; stale:412. No automatic retry.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a LiveStackPush.

- `reference` (LiveStackReference, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful operation

- `live_id` (string, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required)
- `affected` (integer, required)
- `data` (list of LiveStackVerse, required)

## Types

### LiveStackReference

- `book_id` (integer, required)
- `translation` (string, optional)
- `chapter` (integer, optional)
- `verse` (integer, optional)

### LiveStackVerse

- `book_id` (integer, required)
- `book` (string, required)
- `chapter` (integer, required)
- `verse` (integer, required)
- `text` (string, required)
- `translation` (string, required)
- `rights` (TranslationRights, required)
- `attribution` (string, required)
- `position` (integer, required)

### TranslationRights

- `edition` (string, required)
- `rights_status` (string, required)
- `source_url` (string, required)
- `attribution` (string, required)
- `license_id` (string, optional)
- `license_url` (string, optional)
- `copyright` (string, optional)
- `change_notice` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "reference": {
    "book_id": 1
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "live_id": "string",
  "sequence": 1,
  "affected": 1,
  "data": [
    {
      "book_id": 1,
      "book": "string",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 1,
      "text": "string",
      "translation": "string",
      "rights": {
        "edition": "string",
        "rights_status": "string",
        "source_url": "string",
        "attribution": "string",
        "license_id": "string",
        "license_url": "string",
        "copyright": "string",
        "change_notice": "string"
      },
      "attribution": "string",
      "position": 1
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.bibleit.app/v1/lives/live_id/stack"

payload = { "reference": { "book_id": 1 } }
headers = {
    "If-Match": "If-Match",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bibleit.app/v1/lives/live_id/stack"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"reference\": {\n    \"book_id\": 1\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("If-Match", "If-Match")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```