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2.3. Authentication Sessions

The API also provides the ability for authentication session support. An API user sends an initial request with authentication details, then sends all subsequent requests using a session cookie to authenticate. The following procedure demonstrates how to use an authenticated session.
To request an authenticated session:
  1. Send a request with the Authorization and Prefer:persistent-auth. 
    HEAD [base] HTTP/1.1
Host: [host]
Authorization: Basic cmhzY2FkbWluQGRvbWFpbi5leGFtcGxlLmNvbToxMjM0NTYK
Prefer: persistent-auth

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
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    This returns a response with the following header: 
    Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=5dQja5ubr4yvI2MM2z+LZxrK; Path=/api; Secure
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    Note the JSESSIONID= value. In this example the value is JSESSIONID=5dQja5ubr4yvI2MM2z+LZxrK.
  2. Send all subsequent requests with the Prefer:persistent-auth and cookie header with the JSESSIONID= value. The Authorization is no longer needed when using an authenticated session. 
    HEAD [base] HTTP/1.1
Host: [host]
Prefer: persistent-auth
cookie: JSESSIONID=5dQja5ubr4yvI2MM2z+LZxrK

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
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  3. When the session is no longer required, perform a request to the sever without the Prefer: persistent-auth header. 
    HEAD [base] HTTP/1.1
Host: [host]
Authorization: Basic cmhzY2FkbWluQGRvbWFpbi5leGFtcGxlLmNvbToxMjM0NTYK

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
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