> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Retrieve a Connect session

> Retrieves a Connect session.



## OpenAPI

````yaml energy-api/reference/flatpeak-api-spec-energy-tariffs.json GET /connect-sessions/{session_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  description: >-
    The tariff functions of the Flatpeak Energy API: tariff connection, prices,
    forecasts and costs. Generated from the full Energy API spec by
    scripts/build-tariff-spec.py. Do not edit.
  version: 2027-01-01.busbar
  title: 'Flatpeak Energy API: Tariffs'
  termsOfService: https://flatpeak.com/legal
  contact:
    name: Technical Support
    email: support@flatpeak.com
    url: https://flatpeak.com/contact
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://flatpeak.com/legal
servers:
  - url: https://energy-api.flatpeak.com
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      Exchange your account credentials for a bearer token to authenticate API
      requests.
  - name: Connect
    description: >-
      Create and retrieve Connect sessions. Connect drives the user journeys for
      tariff connection and [tariff error
      reporting](/energy-api/reference/connect/tariff/error-report). What
      happens in those journeys reaches your backend as [Connect
      webhooks](/energy-api/guides/platform/events).
  - name: Users
    description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, and list users.
  - name: Locations
    description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, and list locations.
  - name: Devices
    description: >-
      Create, retrieve, update, delete and list devices; submit and retrieve
      their state; read and write their shared settings.
  - name: Meters
    description: Submit meter records and check batch status.
  - name: Tariffs
    description: Create, retrieve, delete, and list tariffs.
  - name: Prices
    description: Retrieve and audit calculated energy prices.
  - name: Costs
    description: Calculate the monetary cost of imported or exported energy.
  - name: Optimizations
    description: >-
      Rank the connected tariff to find the best times to consume or export
      energy, as inputs to your own scheduling.
  - name: Events
    description: Retrieve and list account events.
externalDocs:
  description: Documentation
  url: https://docs.flatpeak.com
paths:
  /connect-sessions/{session_id}:
    parameters:
      - schema:
          type: string
        name: session_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Flatpeak Connect session ID.
    get:
      tags:
        - Connect
      summary: Retrieve a Connect session
      description: Retrieves a Connect session.
      operationId: get-connect-session
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ConnectSession'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/401'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/429'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/503'
components:
  responses:
    '401':
      description: '401 Unauthorized: authentication credentials are missing or invalid.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '403':
      description: '403 Forbidden: you do not have permission to access this resource.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '404':
      description: '404 Not Found: the requested resource does not exist.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '429':
      description: '429 Too Many Requests: the rate limit has been exceeded.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '500':
      description: >-
        500 Internal Server Error: an unexpected error occurred. Safe to retry
        with backoff.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '503':
      description: >-
        503 Service Unavailable: the service is temporarily down for
        maintenance. Retry after the indicated delay.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ConnectSession:
      description: Connect session response.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                description: Flatpeak Connect session ID.
                example: cos_6a3196d6e61a44f33f7307ed
              object:
                type: string
                description: Object type.
                example: connect_session
              live_mode:
                type: boolean
                description: '`true` for live data, `false` for test data.'
                example: true
              device_id:
                type: string
                description: Flatpeak Device ID.
                example: dev_63a6087272941ef077a8fd3e
              location_id:
                type: string
                description: Flatpeak Location ID.
                example: loc_641b90b758fb8e6293716e40
              supplier_id:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  Flatpeak ID of the energy supplier preselected for the
                  `TARIFF` flow, when one was passed.
                example: sup_6a2b2460ba2259a0c4980afb
              connect_url:
                type: string
                example: myapp://nova/flatpeak/connect
                description: >-
                  URL the user is redirected to during the **Handling the
                  callback** step of the
                  [Redirect](/energy-api/reference/connect/tariff/redirects)
                  function: your Connect web app or a deep link into your native
                  app.
              callback_url:
                type: string
                example: myapp://nova/flatpeak/complete
                description: >-
                  URL to redirect the user to after they complete or exit their
                  Connect session.
              time_created:
                type: string
                description: Time when the object was created, in UTC.
                example: '2026-05-05T18:37:27Z'
                format: date-time
              time_expiry:
                type: string
                example: '2026-12-28T03:00:00Z'
                description: Time when the session expires.
                format: date-time
              price_available:
                type: boolean
                description: '`true` when prices are available to fetch.'
            required:
              - id
              - object
              - live_mode
              - location_id
              - time_created
              - time_expiry
              - price_available
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Standard error envelope returned by every non-2xx response.
      required:
        - object
        - type
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - error
          default: error
          description: Object type.
        type:
          type: string
          description: High-level error category.
          example: invalid_request
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code, safe to branch on.
          example: not_found
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error.
          example: The requested resource could not be found.
        context:
          type: string
          description: Optional originating context, for example `api.price_get`.
          example: api.price_get
        live_mode:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the error occurred against live or test data.
        time_created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Time the error was generated (RFC 3339).
          example: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token obtained from POST /auth/tokens.

````

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