Get Session ID

HTTP Request

POST /v5/p2p/chat/session/getSessionId

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Comments
userMaskId	true	string	Counterparty user mask ID, obtained from order detail targetUserMaskId field

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Comments
sessionId	string	AES encrypted session ID

Request Example

HTTP

POST /v5/p2p/chat/session/getSessionId HTTP/1.1
Host: api-testnet.bybit.com
X-BAPI-SIGN: XXXXXX
X-BAPI-API-KEY: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP: 1741832094881
X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW: 5000
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "userMaskId": "sb731f42293f74b278dc37d482bc5ff72"
}

Python

from pybit.unified_trading import HTTP
api = HTTP(
    testnet=True,
    api_key="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    api_secret="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
)
print(api.get_session_id(
    userMaskId="sb731f42293f74b278dc37d482bc5ff72"
))

Response Example

{
    "ret_code": 0,
    "ret_msg": "",
    "result": {
        "sessionId": "aes_encrypted_session_id"
    }
}