Clerk

Clerk Payment Methods API

Used to interact with payment methods belonging to users and organizations.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Payment Collection & Dunning BC-4250.40

Operations 10

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GET /v1/me/billing/payment_methods List my saved payment methods · List User Payment Methods #
Ask an LLM
“Which cards do I have saved for billing on my account?”
“Can I page through my personal payment methods?”
Tell an agent
List my saved payment methods.
Show my personal billing payment methods, 10 at a time.
POST /v1/me/billing/payment_methods Save a payment method to my account · Create User Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add a card to my personal billing account?”
“What do I need from the payment gateway to save a new payment method?”
Tell an agent
Save payment token {payment_token} from {gateway} to my account.
Add a personal payment method using {gateway} token {payment_token}.
POST /v1/me/billing/payment_methods/initialize Start setting up a personal payment method · Initialize User Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I begin the card setup flow for my own account?”
“What must happen before I can save a payment method for myself?”
Tell an agent
Initialize a payment method setup for me.
Start the personal card setup process.
DELETE /v1/me/billing/payment_methods/{paymentMethodID} Delete one of my payment methods · Delete User Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a saved card from my own account?”
“Can I delete a personal payment method I no longer use?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete my payment method {paymentMethodID}.
Remove saved card {paymentMethodID} from my account.
PUT /v1/me/billing/payers/default_payment_method Set my default payment method · Set User Default Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I choose which of my cards is charged by default?”
“Can I change the default payment method on my personal account?”
Tell an agent
Set my default payment method.
Make a different card the default for my personal billing.
GET /v1/organizations/{organizationID}/billing/payment_methods List an organization's payment methods · List Organization Payment Methods #
Ask an LLM
“Which payment methods does our organization have on file?”
“Can I see the cards saved for an organization's billing?”
Tell an agent
List payment methods for organization {organizationID}.
Show the saved cards of org {organizationID}.
POST /v1/organizations/{organizationID}/billing/payment_methods Save a payment method for an organization · Create Organization Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add a card to my organization's billing?”
“What gateway token is needed to save an organization payment method?”
Tell an agent
Save {gateway} token {payment_token} as a payment method for organization {organizationID}.
Add an org payment method to {organizationID} using token {payment_token} from {gateway}.
POST /v1/organizations/{organizationID}/billing/payment_methods/initialize Start setting up an organization payment method · Initialize Organization Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I start the card setup flow for an organization?”
“What begins adding a payment method to an organization's billing?”
Tell an agent
Initialize a payment method setup for organization {organizationID}.
Start the org card setup process for {organizationID}.
DELETE /v1/organizations/{organizationID}/billing/payment_methods/{paymentMethodID} Delete an organization's payment method · Delete Organization Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a card from my organization's billing?”
“Can an organization's saved payment method be deleted?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete payment method {paymentMethodID} from organization {organizationID}.
Remove org card {paymentMethodID} from {organizationID}.
PUT /v1/organizations/{organizationID}/billing/payers/default_payment_method Set an organization's default payment method · Set Organization Default Payment Method #
Ask an LLM
“How do I pick which card my organization is billed on by default?”
“Can I change an organization's default payment method?”
Tell an agent
Make {payment_method_id} the default payment method for organization {organizationID}.
Set org {organizationID} to be billed on card {payment_method_id} by default.

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
📖
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-payment-methods-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-payment-methods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Frontend Payment Methods 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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