# querySessions

This method returns the list of the sessions created by the current application. You can create a session with [createSession](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/session/createsession).

{% hint style="success" %}
**New in 2.0:** Sessions are now temporary in-memory objects. So this methods only returns the current sessions, not your past sessions. See [Sessions](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/session) for details.
{% endhint %}

## Parameters

| Name        | Type     | Required | Description                                                                                     |
| ----------- | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cortexToken | `string` | yes      | A token returned by [authorize](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/authentication/authorize). |

## Result

The result is an array of [session objects](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/session/session-object).

## Example

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

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "querySessions",
    "params": {
        "cortexToken": "xxx"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": [{
        "id": "8bfc26de-754b-4c1f-9771-acfd1a7da02c",
        "owner": "jon.snow",
        "license": "",
        "appId": "com.jon.snow.winterfell-app",
        "started": "2019-01-29T14:18:45.108+07:00",
        "stopped": "",
        "status": "opened",
        "headset": {
            "connectedBy": "dongle",
            "customName": "",
            "dongle": "6ff",
            "firmware": "625",
            "id": "EPOCPLUS-3B9AXXXX",
            "motionSensors": [
                "GYROX",
                "GYROY",
                "GYROZ",
                "ACCX",
                "ACCY",
                "ACCZ",
                "MAGX",
                "MAGY",
                "MAGZ"
            ],
            "sensors": [
                "AF3",
                "F7",
                "F3",
                "FC5",
                "T7",
                "P7",
                "O1",
                "O2",
                "P8",
                "T8",
                "FC6",
                "F4",
                "F8",
                "AF4"
            ],
            "settings": {
                "eegRate": 256,
                "eegRes": 16,
                "memsRate": 64,
                "memsRes": 16,
                "mode": "EPOCPLUS"
            },
            "status": "connected"
        },
        "recordIds": [],
        "recording": false,
        "streams": ["met"]
    }]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/session/querysessions.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.