---
title: "Start a new interview session"
method: GET
path: "/api/session/new"
tags: ["Sessions"]
---

# Start a new interview session

`GET /api/session/new`

Starts a new session for the given interview and returns the session ID.
Any extra query parameters (other than `i`, `secret`, and `key`) are
added to the interview's `url_args` variable.

## Query parameters

- `i` string, required
- `secret` string

## Response `200`

New session created.

- object
  - `i` string, required
  - `session` string, required
  - `encrypted` boolean, required
  - `secret` string — Only present when no secret was provided and the interview uses encryption.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request.
- `403` — Access denied.

---

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