# Fetching sections and handling revisions

How clients can read a bounded section and avoid overwriting a newer revision.

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## Fetch metadata
GET /api/v1/articles/{id} returns a section directory and ETag. Full text is separate.

## Fetch a section
Use /api/v1/articles/{id}/sections/{section_id}. Section IDs are deterministic within a revision; re-read metadata after changes.

## Update safely
Supply the read ETag in If-Match. Missing conditions return 428; outdated conditions return 412. Proposals append bounded text and must match their base revision.

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