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# check-active-driver-session

GET https://driver/driver/auth/session/check

# Check Active Driver Session (Heartbeat)

Verifies if the current driver's access token and session are active and valid. Specifically used as a heartbeat check to detect if the session was invalidated because the driver logged in on another device (Single-Device Login Enforcement).

***

### Endpoint Overview

* **Method:** `GET`

* **Route:** `/api/v1/driver/auth/session/check`

* **Authentication:** `Bearer Token (Driver JWT)`

* **Content-Type:** `N/A`

***

### Request Headers

| Header          | Type     | Required | Description      |
| --------------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------- |
| `Authorization` | `string` | **Yes**  | Format: `Bearer` |

***

### Request Body Schema

*None (GET request)*

***

### Response Body Schema (`200 OK`)

| Field            | Data Type | Description                                    |
| ---------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `status`         | `string`  | Current session state (`"active"`)             |
| `driverId`       | `string`  | Unique driver ID (prefixed with `drv_`)        |
| `sessionVersion` | `integer` | Active session counter version in the database |

***

### Response Examples

#### 1. `200 OK` — Session Active

```json
{
  "status": "active",
  "driverId": "drv_8a7b6c5d4e",
  "sessionVersion": 2
}

```

#### 2. `401 Unauthorized` — Session Revoked (Logged In on Another Device)

Enforced via single-device policy. When this error is returned, the mobile app should immediately log out the driver and redirect to the login screen:

```json
{
  "error": "SESSION_REVOKED",
  "message": "Your session has been terminated because your driver account logged in on another device."
}

```

#### 3. `401 Unauthorized` — Token Expired or Invalid

```json
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid or expired driver access token."
}

```

#### 4. `401 Unauthorized` — Missing Token

```json
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Driver access token is missing. Header format must be &#x27;Bearer <token>&#x27;."
}

```

#### 5. `403 Forbidden` — Account Blocked / Deactivated

```json
{
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "Driver account is blocked or deactivated."
}

```

***

### Status Codes Reference

| HTTP Status Code       | Condition                                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **`200 OK`**           | Session is valid, active, and belongs to the currently authenticated device.                    |
| **`401 Unauthorized`** | Token is missing, expired, or was revoked because another device signed in (`SESSION_REVOKED`). |
| **`403 Forbidden`**    | Driver account has been blocked or deactivated.                                                 |

Reference: https://docs.driver.olycab.in/oly-driver/singin/check-active-driver-session

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://driver/driver/auth/session/check"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://driver/driver/auth/session/check';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://driver/driver/auth/session/check"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://driver/driver/auth/session/check")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://driver/driver/auth/session/check")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://driver/driver/auth/session/check', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://driver/driver/auth/session/check");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://driver/driver/auth/session/check")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```