Clerk

Clerk Users API

The user object represents a user that has successfully signed up to your application.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 35

GET /users List All Users #
POST /users Create a New User #
GET /users/count Count Users #
GET /users/{user_id} Retrieve a User #
PATCH /users/{user_id} Update a User #
DELETE /users/{user_id} Delete a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/ban Ban a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/unban Unban a User #
POST /users/ban Ban Multiple Users #
POST /users/unban Unban Multiple Users #
POST /users/{user_id}/lock Lock a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/unlock Unlock a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/profile_image Set User Profile Image #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/profile_image Delete User Profile Image #
PATCH /users/{user_id}/metadata Merge and Update a User's Metadata #
GET /users/{user_id}/billing/subscription Retrieve a User's Billing Subscription #
GET /users/{user_id}/billing/credits Retrieve a User's Credit Balance #
POST /users/{user_id}/billing/credits Adjust a User's Credit Balance #
GET /users/{user_id}/oauth_access_tokens/{provider} Retrieve the OAuth Access Token of a User #
GET /users/{user_id}/organization_memberships Retrieve All Memberships for a User #
GET /users/{user_id}/organization_invitations Retrieve All Invitations for a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/verify_password Verify the Password of a User #
POST /users/{user_id}/verify_totp Verify a TOTP or Backup Code for a User #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/mfa Disable a User's MFA Methods #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/backup_code Disable All User's Backup Codes #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/passkeys/{passkey_identification_id} Delete a User Passkey #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/web3_wallets/{web3_wallet_identification_id} Delete a User Web3 Wallet #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/totp Delete All the User's TOTPs #
DELETE /users/{user_id}/external_accounts/{external_account_id} Delete External Account #
POST /users/{user_id}/password/set_compromised Set a User's Password as Compromised #
POST /users/{user_id}/password/unset_compromised Unset a User's Password as Compromised #
GET /platform/applications/{applicationID}/instances/{envOrInsID}/users List Instance Users #
DELETE /platform/applications/{applicationID}/instances/{envOrInsID}/users/{userID} Delete a User #
POST /platform/applications/{applicationID}/instances/{envOrInsID}/users/{userID}/ban Ban a User #
POST /platform/applications/{applicationID}/instances/{envOrInsID}/users/{userID}/unban Unban a User #

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-users-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-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Clerk Com Users API
  contact:
    email: support@clerk.com
    name: Clerk Platform Team
    url: https://clerk.com/support
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/clerk/openapi-specs/blob/main/LICENSE
  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 Users across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: clerk-backend-api-openapi.yml, clerk-platform-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.clerk.com/v1
tags:


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