Sessions management
What is a session?
Sessions are needed in order to perform requests whatever the interface used (Netim direct or an API)
By using the API or a module, each time a function is called, a session will be needed.
By using Netim direct, each time you will request an action on a service a call to the API will be done, thus starting a session.
WARNING: 10 concurrent sessions are allowed by default
Once the number of allowed active sessions is reached, you will not be able to connect anymore. (If your usage requires more concurrent connections, contact us)
For API users, any active session will be closed after 20 minutes of inactivity. However, avoid to keep long standing connections and ensure to close them each time the job is finished or in case of failure.
Synchronous and Asynchronous sessions
When making a request to manage a product, an operation will be created in the system (See Operation management). These operations can be processed immediately (synchronous mode) or by robots at a given interval (asynchronous mode).
By default, all sessions are created in the synchronous mode.
Managing sessions with SOAP API
You must first use the SessionOpen function in order to get a session ID. This value must be provided to all subsequent requests in order to autorize them.
Once the job is done, use the SessionClose in order to terminate the active session.
You can use SessionInfo to get all information related to a particular session or get all active sessions with QueryAllSession
According to your needs, you can set a session to be asynchronous with SessionSetPreference
