# injectMarker

This method is to create an "instance" marker to the current record of a session. Then you can call [updateMarker](/cortex-api/markers/updatemarker.md) to turn this marker into an "interval" marker.

{% hint style="info" %}
You must call [createRecord](/cortex-api/records/createrecord.md) before you call this method.
{% endhint %}

## Parameters

| Name        | Type               | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ----------- | ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cortexToken | `string`           | yes      | A token returned by [authorize](/cortex-api/authentication/authorize.md).                                                                                                       |
| session     | `string`           | yes      | <p>A session id returned by <a href="/pages/-LfwIFn734JJKbPMLoRc">createSession</a>.</p><p>The marker will be added to the current record of this session.</p>                  |
| time        | `number`           | yes      | <p>The <strong>start</strong> timestamp of the marker.<br>It is the number of <strong>milliseconds</strong> that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970 UTC.I</p> |
| value       | `string or number` | yes      | <p>The value of the marker. It can be a string or an integer.</p><p>If it is an integer then it must be positive or zero.</p>                                                   |
| label       | `string`           | yes      | The label of the marker.                                                                                                                                                        |
| port        | `string`           | no       | <p>The port of the marker, or where the marker comes from. Examples: "USB", "Serial", etc... <br>The default value is "Software"</p>                                            |
| extras      | `object`           | no       | Any extra information you want to associate with the marker.                                                                                                                    |

## Result

The result is an object containing these fields:

| Name      | Type     | Description                                                                                          |
| --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| recordId  | `string` | The id of the record this marker was added to.                                                       |
| sessionId | `string` | The id of the session associated to the record.                                                      |
| marker    | `object` | A [marker object](/cortex-api/markers/marker-object.md) that represents the marker that was created. |

## Examples

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

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "injectMarker",
    "params": {
        "cortexToken": "xxx",
        "label": "test2",
        "port": "Cortex Example",
        "session": "4cbf7554-31bd-4659-ac58-400b823503f0",
        "time": 1559811461532,
        "value": 42
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "marker": {
            "endDatetime": "2019-06-06T15:57:41.529661+07:00",
            "extras": {},
            "label": "test2",
            "port": "Cortex Example",
            "startDatetime": "2019-06-06T15:57:41.529661+07:00",
            "type": "instance",
            "uuid": "26fccfd8-e487-4623-910a-1ba8591fcdcf",
            "value": 42
        },
        "recordId": "db01c15e-d916-4a7b-9f1d-16295fd1c643",
        "sessionId": "4cbf7554-31bd-4659-ac58-400b823503f0"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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