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# Receive versioned Live events

GET https://api.bibleit.app/v1/lives/{live_id}/events

**Required scopes:** `live.get`.

Bearer-only operator long polling for organization service tokens or owner-only finite personal/delegated OAuth tokens. Omit after for an immediate live.snapshot. Supply the previous cursor for a current live.changed snapshot or a stream.heartbeat with null data if unchanged by the wait deadline (0-25 seconds, default 25). A cursor compares current state; arbitrary valid or old cursors return a current snapshot, never history. Notifications coalesce and may be missed; each recheck reads current authorized state. Reconnect without after to resynchronize. Shared operator watch limit 50 per Live, distinct from audience membership and seat budgets; exhaustion 409. Original service secret hash/expiry, personal credential or OAuth grant, current scopes, ownership and processing policy are rechecked after waits and before every successful delayed response. Secret rotation/revocation/expiry returns 401; removed scopes or processing restrictions 403; missing/moved/deleted resources 404 (an already-revoked watch may return 403). Dependency/revocation-listener failure returns 503. Idle checks use the existing stream authorization cadence (5 seconds by default), capped by the poll deadline. Changes can return before that deadline. Existing HTTP request/peer/principal and stream admission budgets apply; every new poll is charged. No cookies, query-string credentials, audience secrets or Idempotency-Key. No replay log, exactly-once guarantee, SSE/WebSocket upgrade or new CORS policy. Design revisions can change the cursor while sequence is unchanged.

Reference: https://docs.bibleit.dev/api-reference/live-events/get-live-events

## Authentication

- `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) — 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) — 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)

### Query parameters

- `after` (string, optional) — Previous cursor returned by this resource. Omit to obtain a fresh snapshot on reconnect.
- `wait` (integer, optional, default: 25) — Maximum intended idle wait in seconds. Dependency/actor queue delays may add normal request latency; clients should allow timeout margin.

## Response

### 200

Versioned snapshot, changed snapshot or null-data heartbeat. Always private no-store. Event cursors are not HTTP ETags.

- `LiveEvent`

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

## Types

### LiveSnapshotEvent

- `schema_version` (integer, required)
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `live.snapshot`, `live.changed`
- `resource_type` ("live", required)
- `resource_id` (string, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required) — Current Live content sequence. Studio design revision can change independently. Never use an event cursor as an If-Match validator.
- `cursor` (string, required) — Opaque current-state comparison token covering the snapshot including independent design revisions. No durable log position, event ID, expiry promise or universal ETag.
- `data` (LiveEventSnapshot, required) — Current authorized snapshot. Queue is null in presentation mode. Presentation data is immutable snapshot metadata; editable documents, permissions, secrets, publisher identities and media paths are excluded. No audience membership or viewer statistics are created by reading.

### LiveHeartbeatEvent

- `schema_version` (integer, required)
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `stream.heartbeat`
- `resource_type` ("live", required)
- `resource_id` (string, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required) — Current Live content sequence. Studio design revision can change independently. Never use an event cursor as an If-Match validator.
- `cursor` (string, required) — Opaque current-state comparison token covering the snapshot including independent design revisions. No durable log position, event ID, expiry promise or universal ETag.
- `data` (any, required)

### LiveEventSnapshot

Current authorized snapshot. Queue is null in presentation mode. Presentation data is immutable snapshot metadata; editable documents, permissions, secrets, publisher identities and media paths are excluded. No audience membership or viewer statistics are created by reading.

- `live` (LiveEventSnapshotLive, required)
- `display` (LiveEventSnapshotDisplay, required)
- `queue` (list of LiveQueueItem, required, nullable)
- `viewer_settings` (LiveEventViewerSettings, required)
- `design` (LiveEventDesign, required) — Audience-safe Studio design. revision is independent of the Live sequence. Personal Lives use defaults and omit organization.

### LiveEventSnapshotLive

### LiveEventSnapshotDisplay

### LiveQueueItem

- `id` (string, required) — Opaque stable queue item ID. Preserved through reordering, metadata edits and restart; removing/recreating a verse yields a new ID.
- `position` (integer, required) — Zero-based position in the entire current queue, not the current page.
- `verse` (DisplayVerse, required)

### LiveEventViewerSettings

- `theme` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `dark`, `light`
- `scale` (integer, required) — Existing viewer font-size step, independent of Studio text size.
- `presentation` (boolean, required)
- `preset` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `default`, `midnight`, `paper`, `ocean`
- `transition` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `none`, `fade`, `slide`, `slide_up`, `slide_down`, `zoom_in`, `zoom_out`, `wipe`

### LiveEventDesign

Audience-safe Studio design. revision is independent of the Live sequence. Personal Lives use defaults and omit organization.

- `settings` (LiveStudioSettings, required)
- `revision` (integer, required)
- `organization` (string, optional)

### Live

- `id` (string, required)
- `organization_id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `running`, `stopped`
- `mode` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `reader`, `presentation`
- `paused` (boolean, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required)

### PersonalLive

Personal-account Reader Live resource. Uses account_id instead of organization_id; only the personal account owner can access it with current personal token authority.

- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `running`, `stopped`
- `mode` ("reader", required)
- `paused` (boolean, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required)
- `account_id` (string, required)

### LiveDisplay

- `live_id` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `running`, `stopped`
- `paused` (boolean, required)
- `showing` (boolean, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required)
- `organization_id` (string, required)
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `empty`, `scripture`, `presentation`
- `verses` (list of DisplayVerse, required)
- `snapshot` (SnapshotSummary, required, nullable)

### PersonalLiveDisplay

Personal-account Reader Live resource. Uses account_id instead of organization_id; only the personal account owner can access it with current personal token authority.

- `live_id` (string, required)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `running`, `stopped`
- `paused` (boolean, required)
- `showing` (boolean, required)
- `sequence` (integer, required)
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `empty`, `scripture`
- `verses` (list of DisplayVerse, required)
- `snapshot` (any, required)
- `account_id` (string, required)

### DisplayVerse

- `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)

### LiveStudioSettings

- `version` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `1`
- `showLogo` (boolean, required)
- `preset` (enum, required, default: default)
  - Allowed values: `default`, `midnight`, `paper`, `ocean`
- `transition` (enum, required, default: none)
  - Allowed values: `none`, `fade`, `slide`, `slide_up`, `slide_down`, `zoom_in`, `zoom_out`, `wipe`
- `controls` (LiveStudioSettingsControls, required)
- `palettes` (LiveStudioSettingsPalettes, required)
- `container` (LiveStudioSettingsContainer, required)
- `elements` (LiveStudioSettingsElements, required)
- `order` (list of enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `translation`, `reference`, `text`

### SnapshotSummary

- `id` (string, required)
- `deck` (string, required)
- `revision` (integer, required)
- `index` (integer, required)
- `blank` (boolean, required)
- `slide_id` (string, required) — Stable selected slide ID from the immutable saved snapshot. Prefer this over the retained zero-based index.

### 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)

### LiveStudioSettingsControls

- `theme` (boolean, required)
- `fullscreen` (boolean, required)
- `fontSize` (boolean, required)

### LiveStudioSettingsPalettes

- `dark` (LiveStudioSettingsPalettesDark, required)
- `light` (LiveStudioSettingsPalettesLight, required)

### LiveStudioSettingsContainer

- `radius` (integer, required, nullable)
- `padding` (integer, required, nullable)
- `border` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.

### LiveStudioSettingsElements

- `translation` (LiveStudioSettingsElementsTranslation, required)
- `reference` (LiveStudioSettingsElementsReference, required)
- `text` (LiveStudioSettingsElementsText, required)

### LiveStudioSettingsPalettesDark

- `background` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `container` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `translation` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `reference` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `text` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.

### LiveStudioSettingsPalettesLight

- `background` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `container` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `translation` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `reference` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.
- `text` (string, required, nullable) — Six-digit hexadecimal color; null inherits the selected preset.

### LiveStudioSettingsElementsTranslation

- `font` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `serif`, `sans`, `mono`
- `size` (integer, required)
- `bold` (boolean, required)
- `italic` (boolean, required)
- `align` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `left`, `center`, `right`
- `lineHeight` (integer, required)

### LiveStudioSettingsElementsReference

- `font` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `serif`, `sans`, `mono`
- `size` (integer, required)
- `bold` (boolean, required)
- `italic` (boolean, required)
- `align` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `left`, `center`, `right`
- `lineHeight` (integer, required)

### LiveStudioSettingsElementsText

- `font` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `serif`, `sans`, `mono`
- `size` (integer, required)
- `bold` (boolean, required)
- `italic` (boolean, required)
- `align` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `left`, `center`, `right`
- `lineHeight` (integer, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "cursor": "v1:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "data": null,
  "resource_id": "sample-live",
  "resource_type": "live",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "sequence": 3,
  "type": "stream.heartbeat"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

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

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

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

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

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

}
```