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# init(configuration:)

Creates a session with the specified session configuration.

```
init(configuration: URLSessionConfiguration)
```

## Parameters

`configuration`

A configuration object that specifies certain behaviors, such as caching policies, timeouts, proxies, pipelining, TLS versions to support, cookie policies, credential storage, and so on.

    See [`URLSessionConfiguration`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionConfiguration)     for more information.

## Discussion

Calling this method is equivalent to calling [`init(configuration:delegate:delegateQueue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSession/init(configuration:delegate:delegateQueue:)) with a `nil` delegate and queue.

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