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# Get a Session

Retrieve a single session.

> 📘 This endpoint requires the `events:read` or `events:write` scopes.

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Use this endpoint to retrieve a specific session from a given event. Additionally, you can specify whether you want the returned payload to include its related People and parent Event objects using the `include` GET filter.

# OpenAPI definition

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          },
          {
            "name": "include",
            "in": "query",
            "schema": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "event",
                  "people",
                  "chat_messages",
                  "questions",
                  "recordings"
                ]
              }
            },
            "description": "Include Related Data",
            "required": false
          }
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                                  "type": "string",
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                                  "description": ""
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                                "status": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "x-nullable": false,
                                  "description": ""
                                },
                                "timezone": {
                                  "type": "string",
                                  "x-nullable": false,
                                  "description": ""
                                },
                                "name": {
                                  "type": "string",
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                                "room_link": {
                                  "type": "string",
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                                  "description": ""
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                                "attendees_count": {
                                  "type": "integer",
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                          "room_link": "https://app.livestorm.co/p/183947a7-7d15-4e8b-a10a-627555966536/live?s=803ea3db-6297-46f8-87aa-d63cf00105b7",
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            "content": {}
          },
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            "content": {}
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                "description": "The number of remaining requests for the current period (1 second)"
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                "schema": {
                  "type": "integer"
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                "description": "The number of seconds you are required to wait before the next successful request"
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              "RateLimit-Reset": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "integer"
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                "description": "A timestamp of when the limit will be reset"
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