startSession

An administrator can start a session of a technician. You can start a session from the Sessions tab of the Rescue Administration Center.

Input Parameters

Element	Description
`session`	The ID of the target session. Required.
`node`	The session is picked up by this node. Required.
`authcode`	The secret authentication code that is used to authenticate the user without logging in to Rescue. Optional.

Return Values

Displayed Return Value	Description
`ERROR`	An unspecified error occurred, such as timeout.
`OK`	Starting a session succeeded.
`NOTLOGGEDINASADMIN`	Starting a session failed because the administrator is not logged in.
`ACTIONFAILED`	Starting a session failed because the technician is offline and the Technician Console is not running.
`INVALIDPARAM_SESSION`	The ID of the session is incorrect.
`INVALIDPARAM_NODE`	The ID of the user who starts the session is incorrect.
`INVALID_SECRETAUTHCODE`	The secret authentication code for the user is invalid.
`USER_DELETED_OR_DISABLED`	The user is deleted or disabled.

Sample Code

The following are examples for using the startSession method that you can call in your environment.

HTTP GET

https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/startSession.aspx?session=12345678
&node=337366&authcode=4ahx...80u0

HTTP POST

<form method="post" action="https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/API/startSession.aspx">
        <input name="session" value="12345678">
        <input name="node" value="337366">
        <input name="authcode" value="4ahx...80u0">
</form>

SOAP

For sample SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 request and response messages, visit https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/API.asmx?op=startSession.

PHP with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

<?php
	$soapclient = new SoapClient("https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/api.asmx?wsdl");

	$loginparams = array (
		'sEmail' => 'some@email.com',
		'sPassword' => 'secretpassword'
	);

	$iSessionID = 12345678;
	$iNodeID = 337366;
	$sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";
	
	$startsessionparams = array (
		'iSessionID' => $iSessionID,
		'iNodeID' => $iNodeID,
		'sAuthCode' => $sAuthCode
	);

	$loginResult = $soapclient->login($loginparams);
	
	print_r($loginResult);

	$startSessionResult = $soapclient->startSession($startsessionparams);
	
	print_r($startSessionResult);
?>

C# with HttpWebRequest

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using apiSamples.WebServiceClients;

namespace apiSamples
{
    public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                string sEndpoint = "https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/api/";
                string sEmail = "some@email.com";
                string sPwd = "secretpassword";
                int iSession = 12345678;
                int iNodeID = 337366;
                string sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";

                HttpWebRequest oLogin = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint
 + "login.aspx?email=" + sEmail + "&pwd=" + sPwd);
                oLogin.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
                HttpWebResponse oRespLogin = (HttpWebResponse)oLogin.GetResponse();

                string sRespLogin = new StreamReader(oRespLogin.GetResponseStream())
.ReadToEnd();
                Response.Write(sRespLogin + "<br />");

                CookieContainer sessioncookie = oLogin.CookieContainer;

                HttpWebRequest oReqStartSession = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(sEndpoint
 + "startSession.aspx?session=" + iSession + "&node=" + iNodeID + "&authcode=" + sAuthCode);
                HttpWebResponse oRespStartSession = (HttpWebResponse)
oReqStartSession.GetResponse();

                string sRespStartSession = new StreamReader
(oRespStartSession.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
                Response.Write(sRespStartSession);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Response.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

C# with SOAP

The example values shown must be replaced with actual values.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using apiSamples.WebServiceClients;

namespace apiSamples
{
    public partial class SOAP : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                WebServiceClients.API proxy = new WebServiceClients.API();
                proxy.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();

                string sEmail = "some@email.com";
                string sPwd = "secretpassword";
                int iSession = 12345678;
                int iNodeID = 337366;
                string sAuthCode = "4ahx...80u0";

                WebServiceClients.loginRet oLogin = proxy.login(sEmail, sPwd);
                Response.Write(oLogin + "<br />");

                WebServiceClients.startSessionRet oStartSession = proxy.startSession
(iSession, iNodeID, sAuthCode);
                Response.Write(oStartSession);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Response.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}