API · Presentations · 4 min read

Add slides

Append sections while the creation is open.

PATCH /v1/presentations/{presentationId} · API v1 · versioning

Send the whole HTML again with new sections appended. Existing slides keep their keys and order (LIVE_APPEND_ONLY otherwise); unchanged slides carry their audio forward, assets the body leaves out are kept, and the response names the slides that need narrating with an upload target for each, exactly as create does. Add baseRevision, the live.revision the slides were written against, and an append that fell behind is refused (LIVE_REVISION_CONFLICT) rather than overwriting slides it never saw; an append waits up to 20 seconds for another append or narration upload in progress, and is refused with LIVE_APPEND_IN_PROGRESS if it is still going. live.revision on the presentation rises by one and anyone watching sees the new slides without a reload. API-key callers only.

Authentication

Send an API key as Authorization: Bearer bisque_live_…. Keys come from bisque.cloud/setup/keys; see Authentication.

Request

ParameterInMeaning
presentationIdpath, required

Content-Type: application/json. Required: indexHtml.

FieldTypeMeaning
indexHtmlstring, requiredThe whole html-presentation/v1 file.
audioarray of objectOne entry per narrated slide you synthesized. Omit a slide to carry its last-published audio forward when its narration text is unchanged; omit the array to carry every slide forward.
assetsobjectPage assets (fonts, images) keyed by bundle path.
titlestringOverrides the title parsed from the HTML.
slugstringURL slug under your channel. Reuse it to republish.
presentationIdstringRepublish an existing presentation by id instead of slug.
handlestringWhich of your channels to publish on; defaults to your account's.
dryRunbooleanSandbox: run every check a real create runs (format, slug and org conflicts, tier cap, credit preflight) and write nothing. The reply is a 200 with status validated.
visibilitypublic · unlisted · private · orgWho can open the watch link. Unlisted unless you say otherwise; org publishes into the bisque.team organization named by org.
orgstringbisque.team organization slug; publishes into the company space.
contextMdstringAgent-facing background shipped with the bundle as context.md.
designMdstringDesign notes shipped with the bundle.
voiceIdstringNarration voice tag; defaults to the account's saved voice.
madeWitharray of up to 8 of string, up to 80 charactersModels credited with making this presentation — e.g. ["Claude Opus 5", "Kokoro af_heart"]. Free text, shown to viewers in the watch page's ⋯ menu. Omit to keep what a previous publish recorded; send [] to clear it.
descriptionstring, up to 5,000 charactersPlain-text description shown under the player on the watch page, with web URLs linked — a summary, then the sources. Omit to keep what a previous publish sent; send an empty string to clear it.
speechSpeednumberNarration speed. 1.0 is normal.
voiceStabilitynumberHow closely the voice keeps to its reference, for voices that take it. Omit for the voice's default.

Example

curl -X PATCH https://bisque.cloud/v1/presentations/{presentationId} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BISQUE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @body.json

Response

200: The slides are appended and live.

Errors:

  • 400: An existing slide was removed or reordered.
  • 401: Missing or invalid credential.
  • 404: No creation is open for this presentation.
  • 409: Another publish superseded this creation, another append got there first, or one is being written.

Other endpoints

PageCallWhat it does
Create a presentationPOST /v1/presentationsPut the slides up now and narrate them one at a time.
Get a presentationGET /v1/presentations/{presentationId}The open creation, to resume it from a new session.
Update a slidePATCH /v1/presentations/{presentationId}/slides/{slideKey}Give one slide its narration after the MP3 is uploaded.
Wait for an answerGET /v1/presentations/{presentationId}/surveys/{surveyId}/responseHold for the viewer's answer to a question on a slide.
FinalizePOST /v1/presentations/{presentationId}:finalizeClaim the version. Slides still without audio stay silent.
Read as textGET /api/presentations/contextAny shared presentation as a transcript. No credential needed.