curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --cookie __Host-argus-session= \
  --data '
{
  "type": "ROLEPLAY",
  "notes": "Evening patrol session"
}
'

import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start"

payload = {
    "type": "ROLEPLAY",
    "notes": "Evening patrol session"
}
headers = {
    "cookie": "__Host-argus-session=",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {cookie: '__Host-argus-session=', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({type: 'ROLEPLAY', notes: 'Evening patrol session'})
};

fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "3000",
  CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'type' => 'ROLEPLAY',
    'notes' => 'Evening patrol session'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_COOKIE => "__Host-argus-session=",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"type\": \"ROLEPLAY\",\n  \"notes\": \"Evening patrol session\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("cookie", "__Host-argus-session=")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start")
  .header("cookie", "__Host-argus-session=")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"type\": \"ROLEPLAY\",\n  \"notes\": \"Evening patrol session\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:3000/api/sessions/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["cookie"] = '__Host-argus-session='
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"type\": \"ROLEPLAY\",\n  \"notes\": \"Evening patrol session\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "cmg5y2ses0005l508ses00001",
    "hostId": "cmg5x1k2a0000l508a1b2c3d4",
    "coHostId": null,
    "type": "ROLEPLAY",
    "notes": "Evening patrol session",
    "startedAt": "2026-10-06T19:30:00.000Z",
    "endedAt": null,
    "status": "ACTIVE"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "HOST_REQUIRED",
    "message": "Service requests must specify hostId."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHENTICATED",
    "message": "Sign in to continue."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "Permission required: sessions.manage."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "STAFF_INACTIVE",
    "message": "The specified user is not active staff."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "Too many requests."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "The request could not be completed."
  },
  "requestId": "3f1c9d5e-7a42-4f0b-9c1e-8b6d2a4e5f70"
}