Convert session token formats in .NET SDK

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APPLIES TO: NoSQL

This article explains how to convert between different session token formats to ensure compatibility between SDK versions.

Note

By default, the SDK keeps track of the session token automatically and it will use the most recent session token. For more information, please visit Utilize session tokens. The instructions in this article only apply with the following conditions:

  • Your Azure Cosmos DB account uses Session consistency.
  • You are managing the session tokens manually.
  • You are using multiple versions of the SDK at the same time.

Session token formats

There are two session token formats: simple and vector. These two formats are not interchangeable so, the format should be converted when passing to the client application with different versions.

  • The simple session token format is used by the .NET SDK V1 (Microsoft.Azure.DocumentDB -version 1.x)
  • The vector session token format is used by the .NET SDK V2 (Microsoft.Azure.DocumentDB -version 2.x)

Simple session token

A simple session token has this format: {pkrangeid}:{globalLSN}

Vector session token

A vector session token has the following format: {pkrangeid}:{Version}#{GlobalLSN}#{RegionId1}={LocalLsn1}#{RegionId2}={LocalLsn2}....#{RegionIdN}={LocalLsnN}

Convert to Simple session token

To pass a session token to client using .NET SDK V1, use a simple session token format. For example, use the following sample code to convert it.

private static readonly char[] SegmentSeparator = (new[] { '#' });
private static readonly char[] PkRangeSeparator = (new[] { ':' });

// sessionTokenToConvert = session token from previous response
string[] items = sessionTokenToConvert.Split(PkRangeSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
string[] sessionTokenSegments = items[1].Split(SessionTokenHelpers.SegmentSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

string sessionTokenInSimpleFormat;

if (sessionTokenSegments.Length == 1)
{
    // returning the same token since it already has the correct format
    sessionTokenInSimpleFormat = sessionTokenToConvert;
}
else
{
    long version = 0;
    long globalLSN = 0;

    if (!long.TryParse(sessionTokenSegments[0], out version)
        || !long.TryParse(sessionTokenSegments[1], out globalLSN))
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("Invalid session token format", sessionTokenToConvert);
    }

    sessionTokenInSimpleFormat = string.Format("{0}:{1}", items[0], globalLSN);
}

Convert to Vector session token

To pass a session token to client using .NET SDK V2, use the vector session token format. For example, use the following sample code to convert it.


private static readonly char[] SegmentSeparator = (new[] { '#' });
private static readonly char[] PkRangeSeparator = (new[] { ':' });

// sessionTokenToConvert = session token from previous response
string[] items = sessionTokenToConvert.Split(PkRangeSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
string[] sessionTokenSegments = items[1].Split(SegmentSeparator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

string sessionTokenInVectorFormat;

if (sessionTokenSegments.Length == 1)
{
    long globalLSN = 0;
    if (long.TryParse(sessionTokenSegments[0], out globalLSN))
    {
        sessionTokenInVectorFormat = string.Format("{0}:-2#{1}", items[0], globalLSN);
    }
    else
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("Invalid session token format", sessionTokenToConvert);
    }
}
else
{
    // returning the same token since it already has the correct format
    sessionTokenInVectorFormat = sessionTokenToConvert;
}

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