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Sessions are the core of PDS single sign-on. A session contains user attributes from the logged in user's identities.
A session lasts [an unknown period of time]
A session's user attributes can be accessed via the PDS XML API via URLS of the form
https://pds.library.nyu.edu/pds?func=get-attribute&attribute=bor_info&pds_handle=PDS_HANDLE
Sample session XML, served as Content-Type:text/xml; charset=UTF-8
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bor-info>
<id>N########</id>
<exl_id>N########</exl_id>
<nyuidn>N########</nyuidn>
<barcode>1234567890</barcode>
<patron_status>55</patron_status>
<bor-status>55</bor-status>
<expiry-date>20161031</expiry-date>
<name>Barnaby</name>
<first_name>Barnaby</first_name>
<givenname>Barnaby</givenname>
<sn>Alter</sn>
<last_name>Alter</last_name>
<uid>netid</uid>
<email>[email protected]</email>
<email_address>[email protected]</email_address>
<institute>NYU</institute>
<verification>beeb12345678901234567890</verification>
<nyu_shibboleth>true</nyu_shibboleth>
<entitlement>
urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wikispriv;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:classes;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:box;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:lib:eresources;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:qualtrics;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wikispub;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:lynda;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:lib:ideaexchange;urn:mace:incommon:entitlement:common:1;urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wordpress
</entitlement>
<edupersonentitlement>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wikispriv</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:classes</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:box</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:lib:eresources</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:qualtrics</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wikispub</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:lynda</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:lib:ideaexchange</value>
<value>urn:mace:incommon:entitlement:common:1</value>
<value>urn:mace:nyu.edu:entl:its:wordpress</value>
</edupersonentitlement>
<ill-permission>Y</ill-permission>
<college>Division of Libraries</college>
<department>Office of the Dean</department>
<major>IT Services & Media Services</major>
<plif_status>PLIF LOADED</plif_status>
<barcode>1234567890</barcode>
<uid>netid</uid>
</bor-info>Note: id will always be "N" number
Sample error XML, seved as Content-Type:text/html; charset=UTF-8 (Ain't PDS grand!)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<pds>
<error>Error User does not exist</error>
</pds>
If you're not seeing a desired attribute in the XML, you might have to add a mapping to the attribute. This is just how PDS works.