ControlUp Session hosts API
The Session hosts API from ControlUp — 2 operation(s) for session hosts.
The Session hosts API from ControlUp — 2 operation(s) for session hosts.
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: DaaS IQ Session hosts API
description: 'Multi-cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Management API (Default Version: v1.0)
🔒 **Authentication**
This API supports two authentication methods:
**1. API Key (Bearer Token)** - Recommended for programmatic access
- Create an API key at [API Key Management](https://support.controlup.com/docs/create-an-api-key)
- Include in requests: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`
**2. Cookie Authentication** - For browser-based access
- Login via DEX authentication service
- The `user_dex_token` cookie will be automatically included'
contact:
name: ControlUp Support
url: https://controlup.com/support
email: support@controlup.com
version: v1
x-build-version: 1.0.107
servers:
- url: https://api.controlup.com/daas-iq/v1
tags:
- name: Session hosts
paths:
/cloud/session-hosts/{sessionHostId}/actions:
post:
tags:
- Session hosts
summary: Execute an action on a session host
description: Creates a background job to perform the action (restart, stop, drain mode, remove). Poll the statusUrl for progress updates.
operationId: ExecuteSessionHostAction
parameters:
- name: sessionHostId
in: path
description: The unique identifier of the session host.
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
requestBody:
description: The action request containing the action type.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionHostActionRequest'
required: true
responses:
'201':
description: Action job created successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JobCreatedDto'
example:
id: a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab
jobType: cloudResourceImport
action: Cloud Resource Import
jobUrl: https://api.example.com/api/v1/jobs/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab
statusUrl: https://api.example.com/api/v1/jobs/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab/status
logsUrl: https://api.example.com/api/v1/jobs/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-1234567890ab/logs
message: Import job created successfully. Poll statusUrl for progress updates.
'400':
description: Bad request. Invalid request parameters or action not applicable.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: Unauthorized. User is not authenticated.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'402':
description: Payment required. No active license for the organization.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: Forbidden. User does not have permission to manage session hosts.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: Not found. Session host does not exist or does not belong to the organization.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'500':
description: Internal server error.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'503':
description: Service unavailable. License status could not be verified. Try again later.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- CookieAuth: []
/cloud/session-hosts/{sessionHostId}/user-sessions:
get:
tags:
- Session hosts
summary: Get user sessions for a session host
description: 'Returns the people currently logged in to one session host, scoped to that host alone.
In Azure AVD this includes Active, Pending, and Disconnected sessions: any session where the user has not logged off.
Covers a single host, not the whole pool.'
operationId: GetSessionHostSessions
parameters:
- name: sessionHostId
in: path
description: The unique identifier of the session host.
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
- name: sort
in: query
description: 'Sort specification string.
Format:
field:direction,otherField:direction
Directions: asc, desc, ascending, descending — defaults to ascending when omitted
Fields (names are matched case-insensitively):
activeDirectoryUserName, applicationType, currentStateDuration, currentStateStartTime, id, sessionDuration, sessionEndTime, sessionHostId, sessionHostName, sessionHostNameAlias, sessionName, sessionNumericAlias, sessionStartTime, sessionState, userPrincipalName
Default when omitted: sessionStartTime:desc.'
schema:
maxLength: 256
type: string
example: userPrincipalName:asc,sessionStartTime:desc
examples:
default:
summary: default
value: sessionStartTime:desc
x-foundry-sort:
fields:
- activeDirectoryUserName
- applicationType
- currentStateDuration
- currentStateStartTime
- id
- sessionDuration
- sessionEndTime
- sessionHostId
- sessionHostName
- sessionHostNameAlias
- sessionName
- sessionNumericAlias
- sessionStartTime
- sessionState
- userPrincipalName
dynamicPaths: false
defaultField: sessionStartTime
defaultAscending: false
- name: page
in: query
description: 'The page number to retrieve (1-based). Default: 1.'
schema:
maximum: 2147483647
minimum: 1
type: integer
format: int32
- name: pageSize
in: query
description: 'The number of items per page (1-100). Default: 50.'
schema:
maximum: 100
minimum: 1
type: integer
format: int32
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully retrieved user sessions.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSessionQueryResultPagedResult'
'400':
description: Bad request. Invalid pagination parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: Unauthorized. User is not authenticated.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'402':
description: Payment required. No active license for the organization.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: Forbidden. User does not have access to this organization.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: Not found. Session host does not exist or does not belong to the organization.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'500':
description: Internal server error.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'503':
description: Service unavailable. License status could not be verified. Try again later.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- CookieAuth: []
components:
schemas:
JobType:
enum:
- cloudResourceImport
- inventorySync
- metricCollection
- costCollection
- budgetCollection
- sessionStateCollection
- sessionHostAction
- cloudResourceAction
- cloudCredentialVerification
- cloudTenantResourceImport
- masterImageDeploy
- masterImagePublish
- masterImageSync
- masterImageCleanup
- masterImageVersionDelete
- masterImagePublishCleanup
- licenseUsageReport
- hostPoolOrphanedResourcesCleanup
- hostPoolCreate
- hostPoolSessionHostCreate
- hostPoolSessionHostBatchCreate
- hostPoolDelete
type: string
description: 'Defines the types of background jobs supported by the system.
Each job type is processed by a specific worker and has its own parameter structure.'
ErrorResponse:
required:
- status
- title
- traceId
type: object
properties:
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A URI reference that identifies the problem type.
title:
type: string
description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
status:
type: integer
description: The HTTP status code.
format: int32
detail:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
instance:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
errors:
type:
- object
- 'null'
additionalProperties:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: 'Dictionary of field-specific validation errors (only present for validation failures).
Key is the field name, value is an array of error messages for that field.'
traceId:
type: string
description: Request ID (cu-request-id) for tracking and debugging purposes.
additionalProperties: false
description: 'Standard error body the API returns when a request fails validation or cannot be completed.
Follows RFC 7807 Problem Details with additional `errors` and `traceId` fields.'
UserSessionQueryResult:
required:
- currentStateDuration
- currentStateStartTime
- id
- sessionHostId
- sessionHostName
- sessionHostNameAlias
- sessionName
- sessionNumericAlias
- sessionStartTime
- sessionState
- userPrincipalName
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for this session snapshot.
format: uuid
sessionHostId:
type: string
description: Session host identifier.
format: uuid
sessionHostName:
type: string
description: 'Session host name (denormalized for display).
Example: "HP-Contoso1/HP1-0" or "host-pool/vm-name"'
sessionHostNameAlias:
type: string
description: Short display name extracted from the host portion of the session host name
example: HP1-0
sessionName:
type: string
description: 'Azure session resource name (hierarchical path format).
Example: "HP-Contoso1/HP1-1/2" (normal) or "HP-Contoso1/HP1-1/-1" (pending)
Format: "{HostPoolName}/{SessionHostName}/{NumericId}"'
sessionNumericAlias:
type: string
description: 'Short alias extracted from the last segment of SessionName.
Example: "HP-Contoso1/HP1-1/2" yields "2"'
userPrincipalName:
type: string
description: 'User Principal Name (email).
Example: "john.smith@contoso.com"'
activeDirectoryUserName:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'Active Directory username (domain\user format).
Example: "CONTOSO\\john.smith"'
sessionState:
type: string
description: 'Session state: Active, Disconnected, Pending, SignOut, etc.'
currentStateStartTime:
type: string
description: 'When the session entered its current state.
Defaults to SessionStartTime if no state changes have occurred.'
format: date-time
currentStateDuration:
type: string
description: 'Duration of the current state.
Computed from CurrentStateStartTime to UtcNow.'
format: date-span
readOnly: true
sessionStartTime:
type: string
description: When the session was created (user logged in).
format: date-time
sessionEndTime:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'When the session ended (user logged off or session terminated).
Null for active/disconnected sessions.'
format: date-time
sessionDuration:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'Duration of the session (computed from SessionStartTime to SessionEndTime).
Null if session is still active (SessionEndTime is null).'
format: date-span
readOnly: true
applicationType:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'Application type: Desktop, RemoteApp, etc.'
additionalProperties: false
description: 'Query result model for user session list items.
Read-only model optimized for list/grid display with joined data.
Contains user session state information with denormalized session host name for display.'
UserSessionQueryResultPagedResult:
required:
- count
- hasMore
- items
- page
- pageSize
type: object
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSessionQueryResult'
description: The items in the current page.
page:
type: integer
description: The current page number (1-based).
format: int32
pageSize:
type: integer
description: The number of items per page.
format: int32
count:
type: integer
description: 'The actual number of items returned in this page.
May be less than PageSize on the last page.'
format: int32
hasMore:
type: boolean
description: 'Indicates if more pages are available.
Typically true if Count equals PageSize, suggesting more data exists.'
totalCount:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
description: 'Total count of items across all pages (if available).
May be null if the data source does not support total count queries.'
format: int32
additionalProperties: false
description: 'Represents a paginated result set with metadata for navigation.
Supports traditional page-based pagination with skip/take semantics.'
SessionHostActionRequest:
required:
- actionType
type: object
properties:
actionType:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionHostActionType'
additionalProperties: false
description: Request to execute an action on a session host.
JobCreatedDto:
required:
- action
- id
- jobType
- jobUrl
- logsUrl
- message
- statusUrl
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for the created job.
format: uuid
jobType:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JobType'
action:
type: string
description: 'Job action identifier.
For standard jobs, this matches the JobType formatted with spaces (e.g., "Cloud Resource Import").
For action jobs, this is the specific action name formatted with spaces (e.g., "Start", "Stop").'
jobUrl:
type: string
description: URL to get full job details (includes parameters).
statusUrl:
type: string
description: 'URL to poll for lightweight status updates (no parameters).
Poll this endpoint every 2-5 seconds while job is running.'
logsUrl:
type: string
description: URL to get job logs in JSON format.
message:
type: string
description: 'Human-readable message about job creation.
Example: "Import job created successfully. Poll statusUrl for progress updates."'
additionalProperties: false
description: 'Lightweight response returned when a job is created.
Contains only essential information needed to track the job.
Use the statusUrl to poll for updates and jobUrl to get full details.'
SessionHostActionType:
enum:
- restart
- stop
- start
- allowNewSessions
- disallowNewSessions
- startAndAllowNewSessions
- stopAndDisallowNewSessions
- removeFromHostPool
type: string
description: Types of actions that can be performed on a session host.
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
description: '**API Key Authentication** (Recommended)
[Learn how to create an API key](https://api.controlup.io/reference/how-to-create-api-keys).'
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
CookieAuth:
type: apiKey
description: '**Cookie Authentication** (Browser use)
⚠️ The ''Authorize'' button cannot set cookies due to browser security.
To authenticate in browser:
1. Login via DEX authentication service (same browser session)
2. Or use DevTools Console: `document.cookie = "user_dex_token=YOUR_TOKEN; path=/"`'
name: user_dex_token
in: cookie
x-readme:
explorer-enabled: true
proxy-enabled: false
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