Clerk

Clerk OAuth Access Tokens API

Endpoints for managing OAuth Access Tokens, which are credentials to access protected resources on behalf of a user.

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POST /oauth_applications/access_tokens/verify Verify an OAuth access token · Verify an OAuth Access Token #

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“How do I check that an access token issued to one of my OAuth applications is valid?”

“Can my resource server introspect an OAuth access token?”

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Verify OAuth access token {access_token}.

Check whether {access_token} is a valid token, using secret {secret}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Backend OAuth Access Tokens 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.


    ### Versions


    When the API changes in a way that isn''t compatible with older versions, a new version is released.

    Each version is identified by its release date, e.g. `2025-04-10`. For more information, please see Clerk API Versions.


    Please see https://clerk.com/docs for more information.'
  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: OAuth Access Tokens
  description: Endpoints for managing OAuth Access Tokens, which are credentials to access protected resources on behalf of a user.
paths:
  /oauth_applications/access_tokens/verify:
    post:
      x-speakeasy-group: oauthAccessTokens
      x-speakeasy-name-override: verify
      operationId: verifyOAuthAccessToken
      summary: Verify an OAuth Access Token
      tags:
      - OAuth Access Tokens
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                access_token:
                  type: string
                  description: The access token to verify.
                  example: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                secret:
                  type: string
                  description: The access token to verify. This is deprecated, use `access_token` instead.
                  deprecated: true
                  example: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 200 OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                anyOf:
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    object:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - clerk_idp_oauth_access_token
                      example: clerk_idp_oauth_access_token
                    id:
                      type: string
                      pattern: ^oat_[0-9A-Fa-f]{32}$
                      example: oat_0ef5a7a33d87ed87ee7954c845d80450
                    client_id:
                      type: string
                      example: client_2xhFjEI5X2qWRvtV13BzSj8H6Dk
                    subject:
                      type: string
                      pattern: ^user_\w{27}$
                      example: user_2xhFjEI5X2qWRvtV13BzSj8H6Dk
                    scopes:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
                      example:
                      - read
                      - write
                    revoked:
                      type: boolean
                      example: false
                    revocation_reason:
                      type:
                      - string
                      - 'null'
                      example: Revoked by user
                    expired:
                      type: boolean
                      example: false
                    expiration:
                      type:
                      - number
                      - 'null'
                      example: 1716883200
                    created_at:
                      type: number
                      example: 1716883200
                    updated_at:
                      type: number
                      example: 1716883200
                  required:
                  - object
                  - id
                  - client_id
                  - subject
                  - scopes
                  - revoked
                  - revocation_reason
                  - expired
                  - expiration
                  - created_at
                  - updated_at
                  additionalProperties: false
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    active:
                      type: boolean
                      enum:
                      - false
                      description: Indicates that a JWT access token is not active (expired)
                      example: false
                  required:
                  - active
                  additionalProperties: false
        '400':
          description: 400 Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: Bad Request
                        long_message:
                          type: string
                          example: 'Invalid ''url_parameter.example'': Failed regex check'
                        code:
                          type: string
                          example: bad_request
                      required:
                      - message
                      - long_message
                      - code
                required:
                - errors
        '404':
          description: 404 Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        message:
                          type: string
                          example: some details about the error
                        long_message:
                          type: string
                          example: some details about the error
                        code:
                          type: string
                          example: some_error_code
                      required:
                      - message
                      - long_message
                      - code
                required:
                - errors
components:
  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