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# Bulk redact sessions

POST https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact
Content-Type: application/json

Redacts PII and document images for up to 100 sessions in a single
request. Returns per-session results.

**Required scope:** `redact:write` (or legacy `sessions:write`).


Reference: https://docs.withverifa.com/api-reference/sessions/bulk-redact-sessions

## Authentication

- `X-API-Key` header (required) — Organization API key. Keys are prefixed with `vk_live_` (production) or `vk_sandbox_` (sandbox).

## Request

### Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` (string, optional) — Unique key for idempotent requests. Cached for 24 hours. Sending the same key with different parameters returns `422`.
- `Verifa-Version` (date, optional) — API version date string (e.g. `2026-02-01`). If omitted, the version pinned to your API key is used.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a BulkRedactRequest.

- `session_ids` (list of string, required) — Session IDs to redact (max 100).

## Response

### 200

Bulk redaction results.

- `total` (integer, required)
- `results` (list of BulkRedactResultResultsItems, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Invalid request parameters.

- `error` (string, required) — Short error code.
- `status_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.
- `detail` (string, optional) — Human-readable error description.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Missing or invalid API key.

- `error` (string, required) — Short error code.
- `status_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.
- `detail` (string, optional) — Human-readable error description.

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Request validation failed.

- `error` (string, required) — Short error code.
- `status_code` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.
- `detail` (string, optional) — Human-readable error description.

## Types

### BulkRedactResultResultsItems

- `session_id` (string, required)
- `status` (string, required)
- `documents_removed` (integer, optional)
- `detail` (string, optional, nullable)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "session_ids": [
    "ses_abc123",
    "ses_def456"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "total": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "session_id": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "documents_removed": 1,
      "detail": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact"

payload = { "session_ids": ["ses_abc123", "ses_def456"] }
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"session_ids":["ses_abc123","ses_def456"]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"session_ids\": [\n    \"ses_abc123\",\n    \"ses_def456\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"session_ids\": [\n    \"ses_abc123\",\n    \"ses_def456\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"session_ids\": [\n    \"ses_abc123\",\n    \"ses_def456\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact', [
  'body' => '{
  "session_ids": [
    "ses_abc123",
    "ses_def456"
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"session_ids\": [\n    \"ses_abc123\",\n    \"ses_def456\"\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["session_ids": ["ses_abc123", "ses_def456"]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.withverifa.com/api/v1/sessions/bulk-redact")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```