> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.userkit.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Read the current session

> Who the caller is, where they are, and what they may do there — resolved in a single query, so it is safe as the first call on load.

`two_factor_available` and `uploads_available` describe the *platform*, not the organization: they are false when the server cannot offer two-factor or file storage.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/session
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: UserKit API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The HTTP surface of UserKit.


    Two planes share one API. The **staff plane** is what a human uses in the
    panel: users, organizations, roles, members, keys. The **customer plane** is
    what a developer's own product uses: contacts, identities, hosted or
    federated sign-in.


    Every error answers the same envelope — `{"error": {"code", "message"}}`.
    The `code` is a stable contract to branch on; the `message` is for a person
    and may change.
servers:
  - url: '{baseUrl}'
    description: The API host.
    variables:
      baseUrl:
        default: https://api.userkit.dev
        description: Base URL of the API, no trailing slash.
security:
  - sessionToken: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      Public sign-up, sign-in, two-factor and password recovery for staff
      accounts.
  - name: Session
    description: >-
      The active session: who the caller is, which organization they are in, and
      signing out.
  - name: Account
    description: The caller's own account — profile, password, sessions, avatar.
  - name: Two-factor
    description: >-
      TOTP setup, activation and recovery codes. Returns 501 when two-factor is
      unavailable on the server.
  - name: Organizations
    description: The organizations a user belongs to, and the active one.
  - name: Environments
    description: >-
      The live and test environments seeded with every organization, and their
      identity settings.
  - name: Members
    description: Memberships and invitations.
  - name: Roles
    description: Roles and the permission catalogue they draw from.
  - name: API keys
    description: Secret keys (`uk_sk_…`) and publishable keys (`uk_pk_…`).
  - name: Contacts (panel)
    description: >-
      The staff view of the customer plane. Reads take `?environment=` as an
      explicit view parameter.
  - name: Contacts (server)
    description: >-
      The machine surface, authenticated by an API key. The environment is the
      key's environment and cannot be named by the caller.
  - name: Customer plane
    description: >-
      Called from the developer's own pages with a publishable key: boot, magic
      link, and the contact's own session.
  - name: Hosted auth
    description: >-
      Sign-up, sign-in, verification and recovery for contacts, when UserKit
      owns the account.
  - name: System
    description: Health and the internal job callback.
paths:
  /v1/session:
    get:
      tags:
        - Session
      summary: Read the current session
      description: >-
        Who the caller is, where they are, and what they may do there — resolved
        in a single query, so it is safe as the first call on load.


        `two_factor_available` and `uploads_available` describe the *platform*,
        not the organization: they are false when the server cannot offer
        two-factor or file storage.
      operationId: getSession
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganizationHeader'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The session.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Session'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    OrganizationHeader:
      name: X-Organization-Id
      in: header
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      description: >-
        The organization the caller is acting on — the `org_…` code that appears
        in the panel URL. It *identifies*; the membership JOIN is what
        *authorizes*, so a forged code reads nothing. Absent, the session's
        default organization answers.
  schemas:
    Session:
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            name:
              type: string
            email:
              type: string
              format: email
            avatar_url:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
            totp_enabled:
              type: boolean
        active_organization_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        active_organization_code:
          type: string
        active_organization_name:
          type: string
        active_organization_logo:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        onboarded:
          type: boolean
        role:
          type: string
        permissions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Permission'
        two_factor_available:
          type: boolean
          description: A platform capability, not the organization's.
        uploads_available:
          type: boolean
          description: A platform capability, not the organization's.
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Permission:
      type: string
      description: >-
        A fine-grained capability. The catalogue lives in Go; which role holds
        which lives in the database.
      enum:
        - organization:update
        - organization:delete
        - members:read
        - members:write
        - roles:read
        - roles:manage
        - api_keys:read
        - api_keys:write
        - customers:read
        - customers:write
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Every error in this API answers this envelope.
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Stable. Branch on this.
            message:
              type: string
              description: For a person. May change.
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
      example:
        error:
          code: forbidden
          message: your role does not allow this action
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        `unauthorized` — missing, malformed or expired credential. A well-formed
        credential from the wrong family says so: "this endpoint expects a staff
        session token, not an organization API key".
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    sessionToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A staff session token, `uk_st_…`. Minted by sign-up, sign-in or the
        two-factor exchange.

````