Clerk

Clerk User API

Used to interact with the properties of the current user.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 9

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /v1/me Get the signed-in user's profile · Get User #
Ask an LLM
“How does my frontend get the attributes of the currently signed-in user?”
“What profile fields come back for the current user?”
Tell an agent
Get my own user profile.
Show all attributes of the signed-in user.
PATCH /v1/me Update the signed-in user's profile · Update User #
Ask an LLM
“How does a signed-in user change their own first and last name?”
“Can the current user pick a different primary email address themselves?”
Tell an agent
Change my username to {username}.
Update my name to {first_name} {last_name}.
DELETE /v1/me Delete the signed-in user's account · Delete User #
Ask an LLM
“How can a signed-in user delete their own account from the frontend?”
“Can users close their own account without an admin?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete my account.
Permanently remove the currently signed-in user.
PATCH /v1/me/metadata Merge the signed-in user's unsafe metadata · Merge and Update the Current User's Metadata #
Ask an LLM
“How does the frontend add to the current user's unsafe metadata without wiping it?”
“Does updating my own metadata deep-merge nested values?”
Tell an agent
Merge {unsafe_metadata} into my unsafe metadata.
Deep-merge the preferences {unsafe_metadata} into the signed-in user's metadata.
POST /v1/me/tokens Mint a JWT for the signed-in user · Create service token #
Ask an LLM
“How do I get a JWT for the current user to call another service?”
“Can I mint a user token for a named service from the frontend?”
Tell an agent
Create a JWT for me for service {service}.
Issue a user token for {service} in session {_clerk_session_id}.
POST /v1/me/profile_image Change the signed-in user's avatar · Update Profile Image #
Ask an LLM
“How does a signed-in user upload their own profile picture?”
“Can the current user replace their avatar from the browser?”
Tell an agent
Upload {file} as my profile image.
Set a new avatar for the current user.
DELETE /v1/me/profile_image Remove the signed-in user's avatar · Delete Profile Image #
Ask an LLM
“How does a user remove their own profile picture?”
“Can the current user go back to having no avatar?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Remove my profile image.
Delete the signed-in user's avatar.
POST /v1/me/change_password Change the signed-in user's password · Update Password #
Ask an LLM
“How does a signed-in user change their own password?”
“Can I sign out my other sessions when I change my password?”
Tell an agent
Change my password from {current_password} to {new_password}.
Set my new password to {new_password} and sign out other sessions: {sign_out_of_other_sessions}.
POST /v1/me/remove_password Remove the signed-in user's password · Delete Password #
Ask an LLM
“How can a user remove their password and rely on other sign-in methods?”
“Do I need my current password to delete it?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Remove my password; my current one is {current_password}.
Delete the password from my account entirely.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
📖
APIReference
https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
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GettingStarted
https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/overview
📖
Authentication
https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/making/jwt-templates
📖
Documentation
https://clerk.com/docs
📖
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-user-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-user-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Frontend User 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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