session /direct/session/describe

Represents a user or system session which is currently active, inactive sessions or information about inactive sessions cannot be accessed, the session is effectively immutable and removing it is the same as deactivating it, updating simply has the effect of refreshing it so it will not timeout

/session /session/new Create a new session via authentication using the '_username' and '_password' params set to the username and password of the user to create the session for, as per the REST conventions, the id of the session will be sent back in the response headers, NOTE: admins may create sessions for any user by just sending a request with valid session data /session/:ID: /session/:ID:/edit /session/:ID:/delete current /direct/session/current GET list Retrieves the current session for the current request becomeuser /direct/session/becomeuser GET list Allows user to become another user assuming requesting user is a Sakai admin. Syntax: serverUrl/direct/session/becomeuser/:USERID: , where :USERID: is either a userId or a userEid html xml json form html xml json org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.providers.model.EntitySession bean active boolean true false attributeNames java.util.Enumeration true false attributes java.util.Map true true creationTime long true true millisecond time code of when the session was created currentTime long true false id java.lang.String true true lastAccessedTime long true true millisecond time code of when the session was last refreshed maxInactiveInterval int true true max seconds the session can be idle before automatic invalidation userEid java.lang.String true true the external id (typically username) of the user who owns this session userId java.lang.String true true /direct/{prefix}/{id}{dot-extension}?auto=true Allows for a nice URL for getting a session without causing a refresh false 0 /direct/{prefix}/current{dot-extension}?auto=true Easy URL to get the current session without causing a refresh false 1 CoreEntityProvider org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.CoreEntityProvider EntityProvider org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.EntityProvider ActionsExecutable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.ActionsExecutable CRUDable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.CRUDable CollectionResolvable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.CollectionResolvable Createable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Createable To initiate a new session, fire a create request with a '_username' and '_password' param set to the username and password of the user to create the session for, NOTE: admins may create sessions for any user by just sending a request with a valid session entity Deleteable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Deleteable Deleting a session makes it immediately inactive and no long accessible (like calling Session.invalidate()) Describeable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Describeable Inputable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Inputable Outputable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Outputable RedirectDefinable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.RedirectDefinable Redirectable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Redirectable RequestAware org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.RequestAware Resolvable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Resolvable Accessing a session will refresh it unless you pass along a param called "auto" (the value of the param does not matter), this will allow you to get the info about a session without causing it to be updated Sampleable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Sampleable Saveable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Saveable Updateable org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.capabilities.Updateable Updating a session resets the timeout (like calling Session.setActive())