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Session Resource

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A Session is a single instance of two individuals communicating. It belongs to a Service and maps two Participants for a Proxy application. Sessions allow you to:

Specify a unique identifier relevant to your use case, such as a job ID
See whether a given Session is closed or not and the reason it has been closed
Control the length of time the Session should be active

Session Properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

sidSID<KC>

Optional

The unique string that we created to identify the Session resource.

Pattern: ^KC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

serviceSidSID<KS>

Optional

The SID of the Service the session is associated with.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

accountSidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the Session resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

dateStartedstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session started.

dateEndedstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session ended.

dateLastInteractionstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session last had an interaction.

dateExpirystring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session should expire. If this is value is present, it overrides the ttl value.

uniqueNamestring

Optional

An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. This value must be 191 characters or fewer in length and be unique. Supports UTF-8 characters. This value should not have PII.

statusenum<string>

Optional

The status of the Session. Can be: open, in-progress, closed, failed, or unknown.

Possible values:

openin-progressclosedfailedunknown

closedReasonstring

Optional

The reason the Session ended.

ttlinteger

Optional

The time, in seconds, when the session will expire. The time is measured from the last Session create or the Session's last Interaction.

Default: 0

modeenum<string>

Optional

The Mode of the Session. Can be: message-only, voice-only, or voice-and-message.

Possible values:

message-onlyvoice-onlyvoice-and-message

dateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date and time in GMT when the resource was created.

dateUpdatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The absolute URL of the Session resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

Optional

The URLs of resources related to the Session.

Create a Session resource

POST https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Sessions

Create a new Session.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

serviceSidSID<KS>

required

The SID of the parent Service resource.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

uniqueNamestring

Optional

An application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource. This value must be 191 characters or fewer in length and be unique. This value should not have PII.

dateExpirystring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session should expire. If this is value is present, it overrides the ttl value.

ttlinteger

Optional

The time, in seconds, when the session will expire. The time is measured from the last Session create or the Session's last Interaction.

modeenum<string>

Optional

The Mode of the Session. Can be: message-only, voice-only, or voice-and-message.

Possible values:

message-onlyvoice-onlyvoice-and-message

statusenum<string>

Optional

The status of the Session. Can be: open, in-progress, closed, failed, or unknown.

Possible values:

openin-progressclosedfailedunknown

participantsarray[object]

Optional

The Participant objects to include in the new session.

Create a Session

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createSession() {
11  const session = await client.proxy.v1
12    .services("KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .sessions.create();
14
15  console.log(session.sid);
16}
17
18createSession();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "service_sid": "KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "status": "open",
4  "unique_name": "Order #1234",
5  "date_started": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
6  "date_ended": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
7  "date_last_interaction": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
8  "date_expiry": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
9  "ttl": 3600,
10  "mode": "voice-and-message",
11  "closed_reason": "",
12  "sid": "KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
14  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
15  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16  "url": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
17  "links": {
18    "interactions": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Interactions",
19    "participants": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Participants"
20  }
21}

Fetch a Session resource

GET https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Sessions/{Sid}

Retrieve a single Session.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

serviceSidSID<KS>

required

The SID of the parent Service of the resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

sidstring

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Session resource to fetch.

Fetch a Session

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchSession() {
11  const session = await client.proxy.v1
12    .services("KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .sessions("Sid")
14    .fetch();
15
16  console.log(session.sid);
17}
18
19fetchSession();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "service_sid": "KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "status": "open",
4  "unique_name": "Order #1234",
5  "date_started": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
6  "date_ended": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
7  "date_last_interaction": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
8  "date_expiry": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
9  "ttl": 3600,
10  "mode": "voice-and-message",
11  "closed_reason": "",
12  "sid": "Sid",
13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
14  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
15  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16  "url": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
17  "links": {
18    "interactions": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Interactions",
19    "participants": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Participants"
20  }
21}

Read multiple Session resources

GET https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Sessions

Retrieve a list of all Sessions for a given Service.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

serviceSidSID<KS>

required

The SID of the parent Service of the resource to read.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

pageSizeinteger<int64>

Optional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

pageinteger

Optional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

pageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

List multiple Sessions

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listSession() {
11  const sessions = await client.proxy.v1
12    .services("KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .sessions.list({ limit: 20 });
14
15  sessions.forEach((s) => console.log(s.sid));
16}
17
18listSession();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "sessions": [],
3  "meta": {
4    "previous_page_url": null,
5    "next_page_url": null,
6    "url": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions?PageSize=50&Page=0",
7    "page": 0,
8    "first_page_url": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions?PageSize=50&Page=0",
9    "page_size": 50,
10    "key": "sessions"
11  }
12}

Update a Session resource

POST https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Sessions/{Sid}

Post updates to a given Session.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

serviceSidSID<KS>

required

The SID of the parent Service of the resource to update.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

sidSID<KC>

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Session resource to update.

Pattern: ^KC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

dateExpirystring<date-time>

Optional

The ISO 8601 date when the Session should expire. If this is value is present, it overrides the ttl value.

ttlinteger

Optional

The time, in seconds, when the session will expire. The time is measured from the last Session create or the Session's last Interaction.

statusenum<string>

Optional

The status of the Session. Can be: open, in-progress, closed, failed, or unknown.

Possible values:

openin-progressclosedfailedunknown

Update a Session

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateSession() {
11  const session = await client.proxy.v1
12    .services("KSXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .sessions("KCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
14    .update({
15      dateExpiry: new Date("2018-07-31 00:00:00"),
16      status: "in-progress",
17    });
18
19  console.log(session.sid);
20}
21
22updateSession();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "service_sid": "KSXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "status": "in-progress",
4  "unique_name": "Order #1234",
5  "date_started": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
6  "date_ended": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
7  "date_last_interaction": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
8  "date_expiry": "2018-07-31",
9  "ttl": 3600,
10  "mode": "voice-and-message",
11  "closed_reason": "",
12  "sid": "KCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
13  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
14  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
15  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
16  "url": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
17  "links": {
18    "interactions": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Interactions",
19    "participants": "https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Sessions/KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Participants"
20  }
21}

Delete a Session resource

DELETE https://proxy.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Sessions/{Sid}

Deleting a Session removes it permanently. Related Participants and Interactions will also be deleted.

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Danger

Any Message or Call logs created during interactions for this Session will be deleted automatically after 90 days of the Session being closed, as per our Session retention policy. If you want to delete these resources before then, you must issue DELETE requests for the inbound and outbound resources of all child Interactions directly. Once you have deleted a Session, those resource SIDs will not be discoverable via Proxy.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

serviceSidSID<KS>

required

The SID of the parent Service of the resource to delete.

Pattern: ^KS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

sidSID<KC>

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Session resource to delete.

Pattern: ^KC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Delete a Session

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function deleteSession() {
11  await client.proxy.v1
12    .services("KSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .sessions("KCaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
14    .remove();
15}
16
17deleteSession();