# 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).

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**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.
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## 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

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

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{% 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"]
    }]
}
```

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