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SessionHeader

Specifies the session ID that the login call returns. This session ID is used to authenticate all subsequent Metadata API calls.

Version

This header is available in all API versions.

Supported Calls

All Metadata API calls.

Fields

Field Name Type Description
sessionId string The session ID that the login call returns.

Sample Code—Java

Add the SessionHeader to the metadata connection before you perform a call as follows:

1metadataConnection.setSessionHeader("<session_ID>");