Clerk Applications API
An object representing a Clerk application. Each `application` can have multiple `instances`, typically one for development and one for production, each with distinct user pools.
Clerk Applications API is one of 104 APIs that Clerk publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Application. 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 11 operations across 6 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version BETA.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.clerk.com/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Clerk Applications API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (platform_api_access_token).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
platform_api_access_token— Platform API access token.
Paths & Operations 11
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 3 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
An object representing a Clerk application. Each application can have multiple instances, typically one for development and one for production, each with distinct user pools.
Schemas 12
The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PlatformInstanceUsageResponse (9 properties), InstanceSMSUsage (7 properties), PlatformCreateApplicationRequest (5 properties), PlatformApplicationInstance (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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