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Authentication

InitSession

The InitSession method authenticates your account, establishes a secure connection, and provides the session ID required to make other API calls. Call InitSession before doing anything else with the API.

The InitSession method requires your access token and returns a SessionId string. Use this SessionId string to authenticate all other API operations. A SessionId expires after one hour of inactivity.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required / Optional	Available	Comments
`accessToken`	String	Required	/v1+	`accessToken` is one of the keys given to a user along with client side certificate to initiate session.

Listing 3-1 InitSession Sample Input

   "method":"InitSession",

   "id":"1000",

   "params":{

      "accessToken":"1234567890"

},

   "jsonrpc":"2.0"

Output

Parameter	Type	Available	Comments
`SessionId`	String	/v1+	`SessionId` that needs to be used for all other API operations.

Listing 3-2 InitSession Sample Output

{ "id": "RequestNo-001",

  "result": {

    "SessionId": "44e5b59211ae0da9c9739b0866936ca94301d444"

},

  "jsonrpc": "2.0"

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