Sessions API

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The William Hill Sessions API uses a central authentication service (CAS*) on all resources that require access to a customer’s account or betting functionality. To authenticate, you’ll need to supply a sportsbook username and password, in return you will be given an authentication ticket, which you can use on the majority of requests found within our services. The Sessions API should be used whenever you want to login a customer and: continue to use the W

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Obtains a one-time Service Ticket that can be used to access other William Hill services.

Obtains a one-time Service Ticket that can be used to access other CAS enabled William Hill services that are not available through the standard suite of APIs. You first need to have logged in a customer to obtain an Authentication Ticket.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket?fields=example&target=example&exclude=example&include=example&languageAsPerTerritory=true

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

apiKey	example
apiSecret	example

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket?fields=example&target=example&exclude=example&include=example&languageAsPerTerritory=true" \
  -H "apiKey: example" \
  -H "apiSecret: example"

import requests
params = {
    "fields": "example",
    "target": "example",
    "exclude": "example",
    "include": "example",
    "languageAsPerTerritory": "true"
}
headers = {
    "apiKey": "example",
    "apiSecret": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket",
    params=params,
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('target', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('exclude', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('include', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('languageAsPerTerritory', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    'apiKey': 'example',
    'apiSecret': 'example'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

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

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("target", "example")
	q.Set("exclude", "example")
	q.Set("include", "example")
	q.Set("languageAsPerTerritory", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("apiKey", "example")
	req.Header.Set("apiSecret", "example")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "fields" => "example",
  "target" => "example",
  "exclude" => "example",
  "include" => "example",
  "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["apiKey"] = "example"
req["apiSecret"] = "example"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}/serviceTicket?" . http_build_query([
    "fields" => "example",
    "target" => "example",
    "exclude" => "example",
    "include" => "example",
    "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "apiKey: example",
        "apiSecret: example"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Checks the validity of a session ticket.

Checks the validity of a session ticket.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}?languageAsPerTerritory=true

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

apiKey	example
apiSecret	example

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}?languageAsPerTerritory=true" \
  -H "apiKey: example" \
  -H "apiSecret: example"

import requests
params = {
    "languageAsPerTerritory": "true"
}
headers = {
    "apiKey": "example",
    "apiSecret": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}",
    params=params,
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}');
url.searchParams.set('languageAsPerTerritory', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    'apiKey': 'example',
    'apiSecret': 'example'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

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

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("languageAsPerTerritory", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("apiKey", "example")
	req.Header.Set("apiSecret", "example")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["apiKey"] = "example"
req["apiSecret"] = "example"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets/{tgt}?" . http_build_query([
    "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "apiKey: example",
        "apiSecret: example"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST Logs in a customer and obtains an authentication ticket.

Logs in a customer by obtaining an authentication ticket. It can then be used directly with the other William Hill APIs to access a customer’s sportsbook account, place a bet, etc.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets?fields=example&exclude=example&include=example&languageAsPerTerritory=true

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

Headers — extra info sent with the request

apiKey	example
apiSecret	example

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets?fields=example&exclude=example&include=example&languageAsPerTerritory=true" \
  -H "apiKey: example" \
  -H "apiSecret: example"

import requests
params = {
    "fields": "example",
    "exclude": "example",
    "include": "example",
    "languageAsPerTerritory": "true"
}
headers = {
    "apiKey": "example",
    "apiSecret": "example"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets",
    params=params,
    headers=headers,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('exclude', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('include', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('languageAsPerTerritory', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'apiKey': 'example',
    'apiSecret': 'example'
  },
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

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

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("exclude", "example")
	q.Set("include", "example")
	q.Set("languageAsPerTerritory", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)
	req.Header.Set("apiKey", "example")
	req.Header.Set("apiSecret", "example")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "fields" => "example",
  "exclude" => "example",
  "include" => "example",
  "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["apiKey"] = "example"
req["apiSecret"] = "example"

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/whapi.com/sessions/2.0.0/tickets?" . http_build_query([
    "fields" => "example",
    "exclude" => "example",
    "include" => "example",
    "languageAsPerTerritory" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
    "header" => implode("\r\n", [
        "apiKey: example",
        "apiSecret: example"
    ]),
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Sessions API?

Sessions API is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Sessions API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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