Clerk Testing Tokens API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Clerk Backend Account Portal Testing 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](https://clerk.com/docs/versioning/available-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: Testing Tokens
  description: Tokens meant for use by end-to-end test suites in requests to the Frontend API, so as to bypass bot detection measures.
  externalDocs:
    url: https://clerk.com/docs/testing/overview#testing-tokens
paths:
  /testing_tokens:
    post:
      operationId: CreateTestingToken
      x-speakeasy-group: testingTokens
      x-speakeasy-name-override: create
      summary: Retrieve a New Testing Token
      description: Retrieve a new testing token.
      tags:
      - Testing Tokens
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TestingToken'
components:
  schemas:
    TestingToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
          - testing_token
        token:
          type: string
          description: The actual token. This value is meant to be passed in the `__clerk_testing_token` query parameter with requests to the Frontend API.
          example: 1713877200-c_2J2MvPu9PnXcuhbPZNao0LOXqK9A7YrnBn0HmIWxy
        expires_at:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: 'Unix timestamp of the token''s expiration time.

            '
          example: 1713880800
      required:
      - object
      - token
      - expires_at
  responses:
    TestingToken:
      description: A Testing Token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TestingToken'
  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