api.session.getData

Learn how to obtain the data such as the short ID for a particular customer's session.

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Description

api.session.getData returns an object that contains the session ID, short ID, and customer cookie ID.

Signature

ac('api.session.getData', (err, sessionInfo) => {
  if (err) {
    // handle error
    return;
  }
  
  return sessionInfo;
});

Example

The following is an example of an object that api.session.getData returns:

{
  id: <uuid>
  shortId: 12345
  customerCookieId: <uuid>
}

Callback

The callback takes err as the first parameter.