class Stytch::Sessions

The type of this field is +Integer+.
The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.
status_code::
The type of this field is +User+ (+object+).
The `user` object affected by this API call. See the [Get user endpoint](https://stytch.com/docs/api/get-user) for complete response field details.
user::
The type of this field is +String+.
The JSON Web Token (JWT) for a given Stytch Session.
session_jwt::
The type of this field is +String+.
A secret token for a given Stytch Session.
session_token::
The type of this field is +Session+ (+object+).

See [GET sessions](https://stytch.com/docs/api/session-get) for complete response fields.

If you initiate a Session, by including `session_duration_minutes` in your authenticate call, you'll receive a full Session object in the response.
session::
The type of this field is +String+.
Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
request_id::
An object with the following fields:
== Returns:

The type of this field is nilable +object+.
Custom claims made with reserved claims ("iss", "sub", "aud", "exp", "nbf", "iat", "jti") will be ignored. Total custom claims size cannot exceed four kilobytes.

Add a custom claims map to the Session being authenticated. Claims are only created if a Session is initialized by providing a value in `session_duration_minutes`. Claims will be included on the Session object and in the JWT. To update a key in an existing Session, supply a new value. To delete a key, supply a null value.
session_custom_claims::
The type of this field is nilable +String+.
The JWT to authenticate. You may provide a JWT that has expired according to its `exp` claim and needs to be refreshed. If the signature is valid and the underlying session is still active then Stytch will return a new JWT.
session_jwt::
The type of this field is nilable +Integer+.
Set the session lifetime to be this many minutes from now; minimum of 5 and a maximum of 527040 minutes (366 days). Note that a successful authentication will continue to extend the session this many minutes.
session_duration_minutes::
The type of this field is nilable +String+.
The session token to authenticate.
session_token::
== Parameters:

You may provide a JWT that needs to be refreshed and is expired according to its `exp` claim. A new JWT will be returned if both the signature and the underlying Session are still valid. See our [How to use Stytch Session JWTs](https://stytch.com/docs/guides/sessions/using-jwts) guide for more information.

Authenticate a session token or session JWT and retrieve associated session data. If `session_duration_minutes` is included, update the lifetime of the session to be that many minutes from now. All timestamps are formatted according to the RFC 3339 standard and are expressed in UTC, e.g. `2021-12-29T12:33:09Z`. This endpoint requires exactly one `session_jwt` or `session_token` as part of the request. If both are included, you will receive a `too_many_session_arguments` error.

def authenticate(
  session_token: nil,
  session_duration_minutes: nil,
  session_jwt: nil,
  session_custom_claims: nil
)
  headers = {}
  request = {}
  request[:session_token] = session_token unless session_token.nil?
  request[:session_duration_minutes] = session_duration_minutes unless session_duration_minutes.nil?
  request[:session_jwt] = session_jwt unless session_jwt.nil?
  request[:session_custom_claims] = session_custom_claims unless session_custom_claims.nil?
  post_request('/v1/sessions/authenticate', request, headers)
end