<p>
    Anonymous sessions allow you to implement guest users.
    Guest users let you store user information like items in their cart or theme preferences before they create an account.
    This reduces the friction for your users to get started with your app.
</p>

<p>
    If a user <b>later creates an account</b>, their information will be inherited by the newly created account.
</p>

<h2><a href="#createSession" id="createSession">Create Anonymous Session</a></h2>
<p>
    Create an anonymous session with <a href="/docs/client/account#accountCreateAnonymousSession">Create Anonymous Session</a> route.
</p>


<ul class="phases clear" data-ui-phases>
    <li>
        <h3>Web</h3>
        <div class="ide" data-lang="javascript" data-lang-label="Web SDK">
            <pre class="line-numbers"><code class="prism language-javascript" data-prism>import { Client, Account } from "appwrite";

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('[PROJECT_ID]');                 // Your project ID

const account = new Account(client);

const promise = account.createAnonymousSession();

promise.then(function (response) {
    console.log(response); // Success
}, function (error) {
    console.log(error); // Failure
});</code></pre>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <h3>Flutter</h3>
        <div class="ide" data-lang="dart" data-lang-label="Flutter SDK">
            <pre class="line-numbers"><code class="prism language-dart" data-prism>import 'package:appwrite/appwrite.dart';

final client = Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject('[PROJECT_ID]');                 // Your project ID

final account = Account(client);

final user = await account.createAnonymousSession();</code></pre>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <h3>Android</h3>
        <div class="ide" data-lang="kotlin" data-lang-label="Android SDK">
            <pre class="line-numbers"><code class="prism language-kotlin" data-prism>import io.appwrite.Client
import io.appwrite.services.Account

val client = Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject("[PROJECT_ID]")                  // Your project ID

val account = Account(client)

val user = account.createAnonymousSession()</code></pre>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <h3>Apple</h3>
        <div class="ide" data-lang="swift" data-lang-label="Apple SDK">
            <pre class="line-numbers"><code class="prism language-swift" data-prism>import Appwrite

let client = Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
    .setProject("[PROJECT_ID]")                  // Your project ID

let account = Account(client)

let user = try await account.createAnonymousSession()</code></pre>
        </div>
    </li>
    <li>
        <h3>GraphQL</h3>
        <div class="ide" data-lang="graphql" data-lang-label="GraphQL">
            <pre class="line-numbers"><code class="prism language-graphql" data-prism>
mutation {
    accountCreateAnonymousSession {
        _id
        userId
        provider
        expire
    }
}</code></pre>
        </div>
    </li>
</ul>

<h2><a href="#attach-account" id="attach-account">Attaching an Account</a></h2>
<p>
    Anonymous users cannot sign back in. 
    If the session expires, they move to another computer, or they clear their browser data, they won't be able to log in again.
    Remember to prompt the user to create an account to not lose their data.
</p>

<p>
   Create an account with any of these methods to transition from an anonymous session to a user account session.
</p>


<p>
<a href="/docs/authentication-email-pass"><i class="icon-angle-circled-right margin-start-negative-tiny margin-end-tiny">Email and password</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="/docs/authentication-sms"><i class="icon-angle-circled-right margin-start-negative-tiny margin-end-tiny">Phone (SMS)</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="/docs/authentication-magic"><i class="icon-angle-circled-right margin-start-negative-tiny margin-end-tiny">Magic URL</a>   
</p>
<p>
<a href="/docs/authentication-oauth"><i class="icon-angle-circled-right margin-start-negative-tiny margin-end-tiny">OAuth2</a>
</p>
