Clerk

Clerk Sessions API

The Session object is an abstraction over an HTTP session. It models the period of information exchange between a user and the server. Sessions are created when a user successfully goes through the sign in or sign up flows.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 19

GET /sessions List All Sessions #
POST /sessions Create a New Active Session #
GET /sessions/{session_id} Retrieve a Session #
POST /sessions/{session_id}/refresh Refresh a Session #
POST /sessions/{session_id}/revoke Revoke a Session #
POST /sessions/{session_id}/tokens Create a Session Token #
POST /sessions/{session_id}/tokens/{template_name} Create a Session Token from a JWT Template #
DELETE /v1/client/sessions Remove Client's Sessions #
GET /v1/client/sessions/{session_id} Get Session #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/touch Touch Session #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/end End Session #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/remove Remove Session #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/tokens Create Session Token #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/tokens/{template_name} Create Session Token with JWT Template #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/verify Start a New Session Reverification #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/verify/prepare_first_factor Prepare Session Reverification First Factor #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/verify/attempt_first_factor Attempt Session Reverification First Factor #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/verify/prepare_second_factor Prepare Session Reverification Second Factor #
POST /v1/client/sessions/{session_id}/verify/attempt_second_factor Attempt Session Reverification Second Factor #

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-sessions-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-sessions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Com Sessions API
  termsOfService: https://clerk.com/terms
  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
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Sessions across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: clerk-backend-api-openapi.yml, clerk-frontend-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.clerk.com/v1
- url: https://{domain}.clerk.accounts.dev
  variables:
    domain:
      default: example-destined-camel-13
      description: Your Development Instance Frontend API Domain.
tags:


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