GetSessionConnectionData - Amazon DCV Session Manager
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GetSessionConnectionData

Gets connection information for a specific user's connection to a specific Amazon DCV session.

Request parameters

SessionId

The ID of the session for which to view connection information.

Type: String

Required: Yes

User

The name of the user for which to view connection information.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Response parameters

Id

The unique ID of the session.

Name

The name of the session.

Owner

The owner of the session.

Server

Information about the server on which the session is running. This data structure includes the following nested response parameters:

Ip

The IP address of the Amazon DCV server host.

Hostname

The hostname of the Amazon DCV server host.

Port

The port over which the Amazon DCV server communicates with Amazon DCV clients.

Endpoints

Information about the Amazon DCV server endpoints. This data structure includes the following nested response parameters:

IpAddress

The IP address of the server endpoint.

Port

The port of the server endpoint.

Protocol

The protocol used by the server endpoint. Possible values include:

  • HTTP — The endpoint uses the WebSocket (TCP) protocol.

  • QUIC — The endpoint uses the QUIC (UDP) protocol.

WebUrlPath

The web URL path of the server endpoint. Available for the HTTP protocol only.

WebUrlPath

The path to the Amazon DCV server's configuration file.

Tags

The tags assigned to the server. This data structure includes the following nested response parameters:

Key

The tag key.

Value

The tag value.

Type

The type of session.

State

The current state of the session. Possible values are:

  • CREATING - the Broker is in the process of creating the session.

  • READY - the session is ready to accept client connections.

  • DELETING - the session is being deleted.

  • DELETED - the session has been deleted.

  • UNKNOWN - unable to determine the session's state. The Broker and the Agent might be unable to communicate.

CreationTime

The date and time the session was created.

LastDisconnectionTime

The date and time of the last client disconnection.

NumOfConnections

The number of concurrent connections the user has to the session.

ConnectionToken

The authentication token used to connect to the session.

Additional info

The information obtained from this API can be passed to a Amazon DCV client in order to connect to the Amazon DCV session.

In the case of the Amazon DCV Web client, you can build an URL that can be opened in the browser. The URL has the following format: 

https://{Ip}:{Port}{WebUrlPath}?authToken={ConnectionToken}#{SessionId}.

In the case of the Amazon DCV native client, you can build an URL with the dcv:// schema. When the Amazon DCV native client is installed, it registers itself with the system as the handler for dcv:// URLs. The URL has the following format: 

dcv://{Ip}:{Port}{WebUrlPath}?authToken={ConnectionToken}#{SessionId}.
Note

If you're using Amazon EC2, the IP address should be the public one. If your configuration has Amazon DCV hosts behind a gateway, specify the gateway address rather than the one returned by the SessionConnectionData API.

Example

Python
Request

The following example gets connection information for a user with a user name of user1 and a session with an ID of sessionId12345. 

def get_session_connection_api():
    api_instance = swagger_client.GetSessionConnectionDataApi(swagger_client.ApiClient(get_client_configuration()))
    set_request_headers(api_instance.api_client)
    return api_instance


def get_url_to_connect(api_response):
    ip_address = api_response.session.server.ip
    port = api_response.session.server.port
    web_url_path = api_response.session.server.web_url_path
    connection_token = api_response.connection_token
    session_id = api_response.session.id
    url = f'https://{ip_address}:{port}{web_url_path}?authToken={connection_token}#{session_id}'
    return url


def get_session_connection_data(session_id, user):
    api_response = get_session_connection_api().get_session_connection_data(session_id=session_id, user=user)
    url_to_connect = get_url_to_connect(api_response)
    print('Get Session Connection Data Response:', api_response)
    print('URL to connect: ', url_to_connect)


def main():
    get_session_connection_data('sessionId12345', 'user1')
Response

The following is the sample output.

{
    "Session": {
        "Id": "sessionId12345",
        "Name": "a session name",
        "Owner": "an owner 1890",
        "Server": {
            "Ip": "1.1.1.123",
            "Hostname": "server hostname",
            "Port": "1222",
            "endpoints": [
                {
                    "port": 8443,
                    "web_url_path": "/",
                    "protocol": "HTTP"
                },
                {
                    "port": 9443,
                    "web_url_path": "/",
                    "protocol": "HTTP"
                },
                {
                    "port": 8443,
                    "web_url_path": "",
                    "protocol": "QUIC"
                }
            ],
            "WebUrlPath": "/path",
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "os",
                    "Value": "windows"
                },
                {
                    "Key": "ram",
                    "Value": "4gb"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Type": "VIRTUAL",
        "State": "UNKNOWN",
        "CreationTime": "2020-10-06T10:15:31.633Z",
        "LastDisconnectionTime": "2020-10-06T10:15:31.633Z",
        "NumOfConnections": 2
    },
    "ConnectionToken": "EXAMPLEiOiJmOWM1YTRhZi1jZmU0LTQ0ZjEtYjZlOC04ZjY0YjM4ZTE2ZDkiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJkY3ZTZXNzaW9uSWQiOiJTZXNzaW9uSWQxODk5IiwiZGN2U2Vzc2lvbk93bmVyIjoiYW4gb3duZXIgMTEXAMPLEmRjdlNlc3Npb25Vc2VyIjoibXlVc2VyIiwiZXhwIjoxNjAxOTg1NDA4LCJpYXQiOjE2MDE5ODE4MDgsImp0aSI6IjgwMjljNDUwLTQwMDUtNDJhMy04YTQzLWFmZTM3ZTc4NTQ0ZCJ9.N0RRRT1FZuBgex_0iFwKBAdHdM2JSSADc-tngiKXevUxhhJvm3BPJYRs9NPE4GCJRTc13EXAMPLEIxNEPPh5IMcVmROfU1WKPnry4ypPTp3rsZ7YWjCTSfs1GoN3R_nLFyAxfhPD2yY-Kqtpd5GH0D-E8FwsedV-Q2bRQ4y9y1q0MgFU4QjaSMypUuYR0YjkCaoainjmEZew4A33fG40wATrBvoivBiNWdNpytHX2CDOuk_k0k_DWeZjMvv9jF1f5EXAMPLEm9h5zj_Nb1PKKfBSx9_O6gSJwC9UD-h_GaMgHmltqBIA4jdPD7i0CmC2e7413KFy-EQ4Ej1cM7RjLwhFuWpKWAVJxogJjYpfoKKaPo4KxvJjJIPYhkscklINQpe2W5rnlxCq7sC7ptcGw17DUobP7egRv9H37VD8SrkLyq-hK1G4G8erHvl9HIrTR9_c884fNrTCC8DvC062e4KYdLkAhhJmboN9CAGIGFyd2c1AY_CzzvDL0EXAMLE"
}