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Create Session ID

Creates a new Session, which is later used to authenticate other API requests.

If a Session is successfully created, a Set-Cookie header is returned, which sets proper cookie with session ID. The method returns a newly-created session ID.

Request

HTTP Request

POST /node/api/users/session

Path parameters

No parameters required.

Body parameters

Parameter Type Description
login String
required		 User's login.
password String
required		 User's password.
auth-token String Authentication token.

Request body

You can create new session using either a login and password or an authentication token.

Login and password

{
    "login": "user.name@example.com",
    "password": "P665bPVi"
}

Authentication token

{
    "auth-token": <...>
}

Response

Response body contains a string with the session ID:

"a5f946dc-4c21-4ccd-b78b-f0a5fce94f4d"

Warning

Session ID in the response body is surrounded by quotation marks ("). Some requests may require you to remove them.

Example

Request

Here is how you can create a session id:

login=<...>
password=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/users/session

curl -X POST $url \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- <<EOF
{
    "login": "$login",
    "password": "$password"
}
EOF

let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/session";

let headers = new Headers();
headers.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

let data = JSON.stringify({
    "login": login,
    "password": password
});

let requestOptions = {
    method: "POST",
    headers: headers,
    body: data
};

fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(error => console.log("error", error));

const http = require("http");

let login = <...>
let password = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/session";

let options = {
    "method": "POST",
    "hostname": saymonHostname,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "path": path
};

let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    let chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

let data = JSON.stringify({
    login: login,
    password: password
});

req.write(data);
req.end();

import requests

login = <...>
password = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/users/session"
body = {"login": login, "password": password}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=body)
session_id = response.text
print(session_id)

After a new session ID is created, you need to provide it in the Cookie header to authenticate in the subsequent requests. The examples below show how this can be done for the Get Current User method:

session_id=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/users/current

curl -X GET $url -H "Cookie: sid=$session_id"

let sessionId = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/current";

let headers = new Headers();
headers.append("Cookie", "sid=" + sessionId);

let requestOptions = {
    method: "GET",
    headers: headers
};

fetch(saymonHostname + path, requestOptions)
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(result => console.log(result))
    .catch(error => console.log("error", error));

const http = require("http");

let sessionId = <...>
let saymonHostname = <...>
let path = "/node/api/users/current";

let options = {
    "method": "GET",
    "hostname": saymonHostname,
    "headers": {
        "Cookie": "sid=" + sessionId
    },
    "path": path
};

let req = http.request(options, function (res) {
    let chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        let body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

req.end();

import requests

session_id = <...>
saymon_hostname = <...>
url = "https://" + saymon_hostname + "/node/api/users/current"
headers = {"Cookie": "sid=" + session_id}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Response

"a5f946dc-4c21-4ccd-b78b-f0a5fce94f4d"

See Also