# post\_\_sessions\_-id\_heartbeat

`POST /sessions/{id}/heartbeat`

*Session Heartbeat*

Update session activity and extend the session expiry time. This endpoint is typically called periodically to keep the session alive.

#### Parameters <a href="#post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-parameters" id="post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-parameters"></a>

| Name | In   | Type   | Required | Description        |
| ---- | ---- | ------ | -------- | ------------------ |
| id   | path | string | true     | Session identifier |

#### TypeScript Client Library

```typescript
// Using the Flashback TypeScript client
import { FlashbackClient } from '@flashback/client';

const client = new FlashbackClient({
  accessToken: 'your-access-token'
});

// Send session heartbeat
try {
  const result = await client.sessions.heartbeat('session-id');
  console.log('Session updated:', result);
} catch (error) {
  console.error('Failed to update session:', error);
}
```

#### Code Samples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```shell
# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
POST https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
Accept: application/json
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}

```javascript
const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat',
{
  method: 'POST',
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat', headers = headers)

print(r.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://backend.flashback.tech/sessions/{id}/heartbeat", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

> Example responses

> 200 Response

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Session updated successfully",
  "newExpiry": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}
```

> 404 Response

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Session not found or expired"
}
```

> 500 Response

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Failed to update session"
}
```

#### Responses <a href="#post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-responses" id="post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-responses"></a>

| Status | Meaning                                                                    | Description                  | Schema |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ |
| 200    | [OK](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.3.1)                    | Session updated successfully | Inline |
| 404    | [Not Found](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.4)             | Session not found or expired | Inline |
| 500    | [Internal Server Error](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.6.1) | Server error                 | Inline |

#### Response Schema <a href="#post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-responseschema" id="post__sessions_-id_heartbeat-responseschema"></a>

Status Code **200**

| Name        | Type              | Required | Restrictions | Description              |
| ----------- | ----------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------ |
| » success   | boolean           | false    | none         | Operation success status |
| » message   | string            | false    | none         | Success message          |
| » newExpiry | string(date-time) | false    | none         | New session expiry time  |

Status Code **404**

| Name      | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description              |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------ |
| » success | boolean | false    | none         | Operation success status |
| » error   | string  | false    | none         | Error message            |

Status Code **500**

| Name      | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description              |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------ |
| » success | boolean | false    | none         | Operation success status |
| » error   | string  | false    | none         | Error message            |

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: BearerAuth


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