Clerk

Clerk Organization API

Used to interact with an organization and its properties. The current user must be an administrator to access them.

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Operations 6

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POST /v1/organizations Create an organization as the signed-in user · Create Organization #
Ask an LLM
“How can a signed-in user create their own organization from the frontend?”
“Does the user who creates an organization become its admin?”
Tell an agent
Create an organization called {name} and make me its admin.
Start a new organization {name} with slug {slug} for me.
GET /v1/organizations/{organization_id} Get an organization I belong to · Get Organization #
Ask an LLM
“How does the frontend load the details of an organization the user is a member of?”
“Can I read an organization's properties only if I'm a member?”
Tell an agent
Get my organization {organization_id}.
Show the properties of organization {organization_id} that I belong to.
PATCH /v1/organizations/{organization_id} Rename an organization I administer · Update Organization #
Ask an LLM
“How does an organization admin rename their organization from the frontend?”
“Can I change my organization's slug as its admin?”
Tell an agent
Rename my organization {organization_id} to {name}.
Change the slug of my organization {organization_id} to {slug}.
DELETE /v1/organizations/{organization_id} Delete an organization I administer · Delete Organization #
Ask an LLM
“How can an organization admin delete their organization from the app?”
“Do I need to be an admin to delete my organization?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete my organization {organization_id}.
As its admin, remove organization {organization_id} for good.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
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APIReference
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
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GettingStarted
https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview
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Authentication
https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/making/jwt-templates
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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs
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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/clerk-com-organization-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SpectralRuleset
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/rules/clerk-rules.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

clerk-com-organization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Frontend Organization API
  version: v1
  description: The Clerk REST Frontend API, meant to be accessed from a browser or native environment.
  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 Team
    url: https://clerk.com/support
  termsOfService: https://clerk.com/terms
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://{domain}.clerk.accounts.dev
  variables:
    domain:
      default: example-destined-camel-13
      description: Your Development Instance Frontend API Domain.
security:
- {}
- DevBrowser: []
- ProductionBrowser: []
- ProductionNativeApp: []
  ProductionNativeFlag: []
tags:


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