---
title: "ask: keep question"
description: "the question and its scope to a saved question"
section: reference
address: /reference/ask/keep_question
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---
# ask: keep question
the question and its scope to a saved question
[figure: The caller sends KeepQuestionInput to /v1/ask/keep_question. The platform returns a card whose body is SavedQuestion.]
POST/v1/ask/keep_question
Keep a question. The call needs the user rung under a token with the ask grant, and it is served by either, by the size bound.
The route takes [KeepQuestionInput](/concepts/keepquestioninput) and returns a card whose body is [SavedQuestion](/concepts/savedquestion).
## Request body
The request body is [KeepQuestionInput](/concepts/keepquestioninput).
| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `question` | [SavedQuestion](/concepts/savedquestion) | yes | |
## Response
The route returns a card whose body is [SavedQuestion](/concepts/savedquestion). Every card ends with a foot that states the basis of each number, the scope of the call, and the time when the facts were true.
## Headers
| header | required | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `Scale-Scope` | yes | the scope the call runs in: tenant/, then /brand/, then /strategy/ |
| `Scale-As-True-On` | no | the date the facts must have been true on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-As-Known-On` | no | the date the facts must have been known on; defaults to now |
| `Scale-Key` | no | for a change, the key made from the input; a repeat under the same key returns the unit held and writes nothing |
A caller needs the user rung and a token with the ask grant. The platform or the desktop app serves this route.
## Example
The example sends the smallest body that KeepQuestionInput allows. The build validates it against the schema of KeepQuestionInput.
Example
```sh
curl -X POST https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/keep_question \
-H "Scale-Key: $SCALE_KEY" -H "Scale-Scope: tenant/" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{ "question": { "name": "…", "over": "stocks", "query": null, "scope": { "level": "shared" } } }'
```
```typescript
import { client } from "@scale/sdk";
const answer = await client.ask.keep_question({
"question": {
"name": "…",
"over": "stocks",
"query": null,
"scope": {
"level": "shared"
}
}
});
// answer.body is a SavedQuestion. answer.foot holds the basis, the scope and the time.
```
```python
import requests
answer = requests.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/keep_question",
headers={"Scale-Key": KEY, "Scale-Scope": "tenant/"},
json={
"question": {
"name": "…",
"over": "stocks",
"query": null,
"scope": {
"level": "shared"
}
}
}).json()
```
```rust
let answer: Card = client.post("https://api.scaleintelligence.co/v1/ask/keep_question")
.header("Scale-Key", key).header("Scale-Scope", "tenant/")
.json(&KeepQuestionInput { /* the fields of the page */ }).send().await?.json().await?;
```