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# xanosdk impersonate

> Open a backend's dashboard in the builder as a scoped session — the url carries it, so treat it as a credential (default: the backend this project last deployed to)

## Usage

```bash theme={null}
xanosdk impersonate [backend] [options]
```

## Backends

| Slot | Accepts | When omitted |
| - | - | - |
| `<backend>` | ephemeral, ephemeral:\<name>, local, local:\<name>, or tenant:\<name> | The backend this project last deployed to |

* `<backend>` refuses `workspace`: your workspace opens from the Xano dashboard as whoever is signed in, so there is no session to mint
* `<backend>` refuses `release`: a release is not a running backend — land it with `xanosdk deploy release:<name>` and open that

## Flags

| Flag | Description |
| - | - |
| `--guest, -g` | Mint a read-only guest session (browse only) |
| `--url-only, -u` | Print the dashboard URL instead of opening a browser |
| `--origin <origin>` | Xano OAuth host for `login` and a XANO\_REFRESH\_TOKEN exchange (default: \$XANO\_ORIGIN) |
| `--config <path>` | Explicit credential file (default: \$XANO\_CONFIG) |
| `--local-auth` | Use the project-local ./.xano/auth.json instead of the shared cache |

Global flags are listed in the [CLI overview](/reference/cli).

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