def startNewSession(connection):
    '''
        This method is used to create and start a new session. It will return the url of the newly created session
        Args:
        - connection is the connection object that manages the HTTP data transfers between the client and the REST API
    '''
    sessionsUrl = "sessions"
    startNewSessionUrl = "%s/operations/startNewSession" % (sessionsUrl)
    startNewSessionReply = performGenericOperation(connection, startNewSessionUrl, {})
    sessionLocation = stripApiAndVersionFromURL(startNewSessionReply.headers['location'])
    resourceObj = connection.httpGet(sessionLocation)
    sessionId = resourceObj.sessionId

    log("Created session no %s" % sessionId)
    newSessionUrl = "%s/%s" % (sessionsUrl, sessionId)

    return newSessionUrl