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Clerk API Keys API

Endpoints for managing API Keys

Clerk API Keys API is one of 104 APIs that Clerk publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include APIKeys. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.clerk.com/v1, https://{domain}.clerk.accounts.dev.

8 operations 5 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.clerk.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key, API Key, HTTP Bearer, API Key, HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 6

Clerk API Keys API declares 6 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (sk__) (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as __client (ProductionBrowser). An API key is passed in the query as __dev_session (DevBrowser). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (ProductionNativeApp). An API key is passed in the query as _is_native (ProductionNativeFlag). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (ClientCredentials).

  • bearerAuth — Secret key, obtained under "API Keys" in the Clerk Dashboard.
  • ProductionBrowser — The Client API token sent in the form of a browser cookie. Used to authenticate production browser applications.
  • DevBrowser — A Dev Browser API token sent as a query parameter. Used to authenticate only dev instances. To generate a dev instance API token you must first make a request…
  • ProductionNativeApp — The Client API token sent in the Authorization header. Used to authenticate native applications.
  • ProductionNativeFlag — If sent and the value is true, it instructs the server to parse the API token from the Authorization header. It should always be set to true when using the Aut…
  • ClientCredentials — HTTP Basic Authentication using Client ID as username and Client Secret as password.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

API Keys 8

Endpoints for managing API Keys

POST
/api_keys
Create an API Key
createApiKey body → 200400409
GET
/api_keys
Get API Keys
getApiKeys 6 params → 200400404
GET
/api_keys/{apiKeyID}
Get an API Key by ID
getApiKey 1 param → 200400404
PATCH
/api_keys/{apiKeyID}
Update an API Key
updateApiKey 1 param body → 200400404
DELETE
/api_keys/{apiKeyID}
Delete an API Key
deleteApiKey 1 param → 200400404
GET
/api_keys/{apiKeyID}/secret
Get an API Key Secret
getApiKeySecret 1 param → 200400404
POST
/api_keys/{apiKeyID}/revoke
Revoke an API Key
revokeApiKey 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/api_keys/verify
Verify an API Key
verifyApiKey body → 200400404

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

clerk-com-api-keys-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Clerk publishes across the network.

Clerk Account Portal API
Clerk Active Sessions API
Clerk Actor Tokens API
Clerk Agent Tasks API
Clerk Allow-list / Block-list API
Clerk Application Transfers API
Clerk Applications API
Clerk Backup Codes API
Clerk Beta Features API
Clerk Billing API
Clerk Checkouts API
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