If this is confusing, you’re probably missing context. Check out Managing Website Credentials in the Getting Started section for more information.

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create_login_session

def create_login_session(
    self,
    url: str
) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
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url
string
required

The URL of the website you want to create a login session for.

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return
Tuple[bool, str]

A tuple containing:

  • succeeded (bool): Whether the login session was created successfully
  • login_session_url (str): URL to access the login session page where you can enter your credentials

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Sample Usage

In this example, we’ll create a login session for a website that requires authentication.

from simplex import Simplex

simplex = Simplex(api_key="your_api_key")
login_session_url = simplex.create_login_session("https://login.retool.com")
print(login_session_url)
# Output: https://simplex.sh/login_session?sess=xxxxxxx&url=xxxxxxx

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restore_login_session

def restore_login_session(
    self,
    session_data_filepath: str
) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
​
session_data_filepath
string
required

The path to the login session JSON file you want to restore.

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return
bool

Whether the login session was restored successfully.

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Sample Usage

In this example, we’re restoring a login session for a website that requires authentication.

from simplex import Simplex

simplex = Simplex(api_key="your_api_key")
simplex.create_session()
simplex.goto("https://retool.com")
simplex.restore_login_session("sessions/retool_login_session.json")

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