Clerk JWKS API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Clerk Backend Account Portal JWKS API
  x-logo:
    url: https://clerk.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fclerk-logo.svg&w=96&q=75
    altText: Clerk docs
    href: https://clerk.com/docs
  contact:
    email: support@clerk.com
    name: Clerk Platform Team
    url: https://clerk.com/support
  description: 'The Clerk REST Backend API, meant to be accessed by backend servers.


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  version: '2025-11-10'
  termsOfService: https://clerk.com/terms
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/clerk/openapi-specs/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.clerk.com/v1
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: JWKS
  description: Retrieve the JSON Web Key Set which can be used to verify the token signatures of the instance.
paths:
  /jwks:
    get:
      operationId: GetJWKS
      x-speakeasy-group: jwks
      x-speakeasy-name-override: getJWKS
      summary: Retrieve the JSON Web Key Set of the Instance
      description: Retrieve the JSON Web Key Set of the instance
      tags:
      - JWKS
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/WellKnown.JWKS'
components:
  schemas:
    JWKS.ed25519.PrivateKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - OKP
        crv:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Ed25519
        x:
          type: string
        d:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - crv
      - x
      - d
    JWKS.ecdsa.PrivateKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EC
        crv:
          type: string
        x:
          type: string
        y:
          type: string
        d:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - crv
      - x
      - y
      - d
    JWKS.rsa.PrivateKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - RSA
        n:
          type: string
        e:
          type: string
        d:
          type: string
        p:
          type: string
        q:
          type: string
        dp:
          type: string
        dq:
          type: string
        qi:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - crv
      - n
      - e
      - d
      - p
      - q
    JWKS.rsa.PublicKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - RSA
        n:
          type: string
        e:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - n
      - e
    JWKS.symmetric.Key:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - oct
        k:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - k
    JWKS.ecdsa.PublicKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - EC
        crv:
          type: string
        x:
          type: string
        y:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - crv
      - x
      - y
    JWKS:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        keys:
          type: array
          items:
            oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.ed25519.PublicKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.ecdsa.PublicKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.rsa.PublicKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.ed25519.PrivateKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.ecdsa.PrivateKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.rsa.PrivateKey'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS.symmetric.Key'
    JWKS.ed25519.PublicKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        kid:
          type: string
        alg:
          type: string
        use:
          type: string
        kty:
          type: string
          enum:
          - OKP
        crv:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Ed25519
        x:
          type: string
        x5c:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        x5t:
          type: string
        x5t#S256:
          type: string
        x5u:
          type: string
      required:
      - kid
      - alg
      - use
      - kty
      - crv
      - x
  responses:
    WellKnown.JWKS:
      description: Get the JSON Web Key Set
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JWKS'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Secret key, obtained under "API Keys" in the Clerk Dashboard.
      bearerFormat: sk_<environment>_<secret value>
externalDocs:
  url: https://clerk.com/docs
x-speakeasy-retries:
  strategy: backoff
  backoff:
    initialInterval: 500
    maxInterval: 60000
    maxElapsedTime: 3600000
    exponent: 1.5
  statusCodes:
  - 5XX
  retryConnectionErrors: true