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# Create Session Seat

> Create a new anonymous participant and return a device token (shown once).

The client stores the voter_token locally. The token is a device credential for
the evaluation participant, not the participant identity itself.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /v1/v/{token}/seats
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: Customer-owned evaluation lifecycle API.
  title: HeyBee Public API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://api.heybee.app
security: []
paths:
  /v1/v/{token}/seats:
    post:
      tags:
        - Voting Sessions
      summary: Create Session Seat
      description: >-
        Create a new anonymous participant and return a device token (shown
        once).


        The client stores the voter_token locally. The token is a device
        credential for

        the evaluation participant, not the participant identity itself.
      operationId: create_session_seat_v1_v__token__seats_post
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: token
          required: true
          schema:
            title: Token
            type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SeatCreateResponse'
          description: Successful Response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
          description: Validation Error
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    SeatCreateResponse:
      description: Response when creating a new anonymous seat.
      properties:
        participant_id:
          anyOf:
            - format: uuid
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Participant Id
        participant_label:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Participant Label
        participant_mode:
          anyOf:
            - enum:
                - anonymous
                - transferred
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          default: anonymous
          title: Participant Mode
        seat_id:
          format: uuid
          title: Seat Id
          type: string
        token_prefix:
          description: >-
            Short prefix for identifying the token in collection management
            views
          title: Token Prefix
          type: string
        voter_token:
          description: Seat token (shown once; store it securely)
          title: Voter Token
          type: string
      required:
        - seat_id
        - voter_token
        - token_prefix
      title: SeatCreateResponse
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          title: Detail
          type: array
      title: HTTPValidationError
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          title: Location
          type: array
        msg:
          title: Message
          type: string
        type:
          title: Error Type
          type: string
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
      type: object

````