Cardlytics

Cardlytics Session Controller API

The session-controller API from Cardlytics — 1 operation(s) for session-controller.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

POST /v2/session/startSession #

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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cardlytics/refs/heads/main/openapi/cardlytics-session-controller-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

cardlytics-session-controller-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenAPI definition Session Controller API
  version: v0
servers:
- url: https://publisher-uk-fiuat.cardlytics.com
  description: Generated server url
tags:
- name: session-controller
paths:
  /v2/session/startSession:
    post:
      tags:
      - session-controller
      operationId: startSession
      parameters:
      - name: X-CDLX-Institution-Id
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSessionRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartSessionResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    StartSessionResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        sessionToken:
          type: string
    StartSessionRequest:
      required:
      - sourceCustomerId
      type: object
      properties:
        sourceCustomerId:
          type: string
        scopes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            example: api:customer
        organizationId:
          type: string