# Clerk Email & SMS API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-dev-email-sms-api/  
**Provider:** Clerk — https://apis.io/providers/clerk-com/  
**Base URL:** https://api.clerk.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users

Clerk Email & SMS API is one of 104 APIs that [Clerk](https://apis.io/providers/clerk-com/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Email & SMS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Email addresses, phone numbers, and message templates.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/email_addresses` | Create an email address |
| GET | `/email_addresses/{email_address_id}` | Retrieve an email address |
| DELETE | `/email_addresses/{email_address_id}` | Delete an email address |
| POST | `/phone_numbers` | Create a phone number |
| GET | `/templates/{template_type}` | List templates |
| GET | `/templates/{template_type}/{slug}` | Retrieve a template |
| PUT | `/templates/{template_type}/{slug}` | Update a template |

## Machine-readable artifacts (18)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clerk-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/clerk-dev-email-sms-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Organizations
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Organization-Memberships
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Organization-Invitations
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Sessions
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Clients
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Sign-in-Tokens
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/JWT-Templates
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/JWKS
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Email-Addresses
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Allow-list-Block-list
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Invitations
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/SAML-Connections
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/OAuth-Applications
- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs/webhooks/overview
- **APIReference** — https://clerk.com/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Webhooks

## Other Clerk APIs (12)

- [Clerk Account Portal API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-account-portal-api/)
- [Clerk Active Sessions API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-active-sessions-api/)
- [Clerk Actor Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-actor-tokens-api/)
- [Clerk Agent Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-agent-tasks-api/)
- [Clerk Allow-list / Block-list API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-allow-list-block-list-api/)
- [Clerk API Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-api-keys-api/)
- [Clerk Application Transfers API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-application-transfers-api/)
- [Clerk Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-applications-api/)
- [Clerk Backup Codes API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-backup-codes-api/)
- [Clerk Beta Features API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-beta-features-api/)
- [Clerk Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-billing-api/)
- [Clerk Checkouts API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk-com/clerk-com-checkouts-api/)

## Tags

Email & SMS

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