# Cognite Sessions API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-sessions-api/  
**Provider:** Cognite — https://apis.io/providers/cognite/  
**Base URL:** https://api.cognitedata.com  
**Documentation:** https://api-docs.cognite.com/

Cognite Sessions API is one of 90 APIs that [Cognite](https://apis.io/providers/cognite/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Sessions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Sessions are used to maintain access to CDF resources for an extended period of time. The methods available to extend a sessions lifetime are client credentials and token exchange. Sessions depend on the project OIDC configuration and may become invalid in the following cases - Project OIDC configuration has been updated through the [update project](#operation/updateProject) endpoint. This action invalidates all of the project's sessions. - The session was invalidated through the identity provider.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognite/refs/heads/main/openapi/cognite-sessions-api-openapi.yml

## Other Cognite APIs (12)

- [Cognite Data Fusion API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-data-fusion-api/)
- [Cognite 3D Asset Mapping API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-3d-asset-mapping-api/)
- [Cognite 3D Files API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-3d-files-api/)
- [Cognite 3D Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-3d-jobs-api/)
- [Cognite 3D Model Revisions API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-3d-model-revisions-api/)
- [Cognite 3D Models API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-3d-models-api/)
- [Cognite Annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-annotations-api/)
- [Cognite Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-assets-api/)
- [Cognite Connections API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-connections-api/)
- [Cognite Containers API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-containers-api/)
- [Cognite Data models API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-data-models-api/)
- [Cognite Data point subscriptions API](https://apis.io/apis/cognite/cognite-data-point-subscriptions-api/)

## Tags

Sessions

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