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# Start an anonymous session

> Issues a temporary session so a visitor can quote without an account. Rate limited to 100 sessions per hour.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /anonymous-session
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Korint API
  description: >-
    Quoting, policy issuance, billing, claims, documents and compliance for
    insurance distribution.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://api.korint.io
    description: Production
  - url: https://api.sandbox.korint.io
    description: Sandbox
security:
  - oauth2: []
  - bearerAuth: []
tags: []
paths:
  /anonymous-session:
    post:
      tags:
        - invitations
      summary: Start an anonymous session
      description: >-
        Issues a temporary session so a visitor can quote without an account.
        Rate limited to 100 sessions per hour.
      operationId: InvitationController_createAnonymousSession
      parameters:
        - name: tenant
          in: header
          required: true
          description: Your tenant identifier. Requests without it are rejected.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: sessionId
          required: false
          in: query
          description: Session id for resumption
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAnonymousSessionOutput'
components:
  schemas:
    CreateAnonymousSessionOutput:
      type: object
      properties:
        sessionId:
          type: string
          description: The session Id
        accessToken:
          type: string
          description: The access token
      required:
        - sessionId
        - accessToken
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://korint-tenant.auth.eu-west-3.amazoncognito.com/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            korint.io/account: Read account information
            korint.io/analytics: Access analytics endpoints
            korint.io/assets: Access asset endpoints
            korint.io/billing: Access billing endpoints
            korint.io/branches: Access branch endpoints
            korint.io/broker: Access broker endpoints
            korint.io/claims: Access claim endpoints
            korint.io/comments: Access comment endpoints
            korint.io/customers: Access customer endpoints
            korint.io/derogations: Access derogation endpoints
            korint.io/documents: Access document endpoints
            korint.io/external: Access external lookup endpoints
            korint.io/external-claims: Declare claims from an external system
            korint.io/internal-notes: Access internal note endpoints
            korint.io/invitations: Access invitation endpoints
            korint.io/payments: Access payment endpoints
            korint.io/permissions: Access permission management endpoints
            korint.io/policies: Access policy endpoints
            korint.io/quotes: Access quote endpoints
            korint.io/reportings: Access reporting endpoints
            korint.io/signature: Access signature endpoints
      description: >-
        Machine-to-machine clients use the OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant.
        Each tenant has its own authorization server: in the token URL below,
        replace `tenant` with your tenant identifier.
    bearerAuth:
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      type: http
      description: An access token obtained from your tenant authorization server.

````