create_new_session(res, userId, jwtPayload = {}, sessionData = {})

Parameters

• res
  • type: flask.Response
• user_id
  • type: string
  • description: Should be used to ID a user in your system.
• jwt_pay_load (Optional)
  • type: dict
  • description: This information is stored in the JWT sent to the frontend, so it should not contain any sensitive information.
• session_data (Optional)
  • type: dict
  • description: This information is stored only in your database, so it can contain sensitive information.

Returns

• Session on successful creation of a session. To know more about the Session object, click here

Throws

• SuperTokensGeneralError

Additional information

• Creates a new access, a new refresh and a new idRefresh token for this session. These are set in the cookies and header of the res object.