Create session

Create a new session for a given user. This will return a refresh token that can be used to impersonate the user.

POST /auth/sessions

Create session

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stack-auth.com/api/v1/auth/sessions \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "user_id": "3241a285-8329-4d69-8f3d-316e08cf140c"
}
'

200

{
  "refresh_token": "<string>",
  "access_token": "<string>"
}

Body

application/json

user_id · string · required

The ID of the user, or the special value me for the currently authenticated user

Example:

"3241a285-8329-4d69-8f3d-316e08cf140c"

expires_in_millis · number · default: 31536000000

is_impersonation · boolean

Response

200 - application/json

Successful response

refresh_token · string · required

access_token · string · required