> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Resume filing session

Returns the current form of a filing session without changing it. Call it first
to see where a session is, and again whenever you want to resynchronize without
applying an event.

This operation authenticates with the session token returned by [create filing
session](/api-reference/filing-sessions/create-filing-session), not an API key.
See [session tokens](/api-reference/introduction#session-tokens).

## Request

This operation takes no input. Send an empty JSON object.

## Response

<ResponseField name="form" type="object">
  The form to render for the current step. See the [form
  reference](/api-reference/filing-sessions/form).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="state_version" type="integer">
  The current state version of the session. Echo it back in your next [apply
  filing session
  event](/api-reference/filing-sessions/apply-filing-session-event) request.
</ResponseField>

## Errors

<ResponseField name="session_expired">
  The session can no longer be resumed. This is terminal: start a new session
  instead.
</ResponseField>

## Example

```shell Request theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.rhetoric.law/resume-filing-session \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $SESSION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{}'
```

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "result": "ok",
  "form": {
    "title": "Select a court system",
    "blocks": [
      {
        "id": "field_group:court_system",
        "items": [
          {
            "kind": "field",
            "key": "court_system",
            "label": "Court system",
            "description": "The court system where your case will be filed.",
            "required": true,
            "disabled": false,
            "sensitive": false,
            "ty": "string",
            "options": [
              { "value": "california", "label": "California" },
              { "value": "illinois", "label": "Illinois" }
            ],
            "validations": [],
            "value": "california",
            "errors": []
          }
        ],
        "actions": []
      }
    ],
    "actions": [{ "action_id": "next", "label": "Next", "primary": true }],
    "breadcrumbs": ["Start filing", "Select a court system"],
    "errors": []
  },
  "state_version": 1
}
```


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