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Clerk Clients API

The Client object tracks sessions, as well as the state of any sign in and sign up attempts, for a given device.

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

Tagged areas include Clients. 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 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2025-11-10.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.clerk.com/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2025-11-10
Base URL
https://api.clerk.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Clerk Clients API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (sk__) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Secret key, obtained under "API Keys" in the Clerk Dashboard.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Clients 3

The Client object tracks sessions, as well as the state of any sign in and sign up attempts, for a given device.

GET
/clientsdeprecated
List All Clients
GetClientList 3 params → 200400401410422
POST
/clients/verify
Verify a Client
VerifyClient body → 200400401404
GET
/clients/{client_id}
Get a Client
GetClient 1 param → 200400401404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Session (14 properties), Client (10 properties), SessionActivityResponse (9 properties), ClerkError (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Session
object
14 properties 10 required
ClerkError
object
4 properties 3 required
ClerkErrors
object
3 properties 1 required
Client
object
10 properties 10 required
SessionActivityResponse
objectnull
9 properties 3 required
SessionTask
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

clerk-com-clients-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 API Keys 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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