Clerk Organizations API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Clerk Backend Allowlist & Blocklist Organizations API
  description: 'The Clerk Backend API manages Clerk''s authentication and user management resources server-side: users, organizations and memberships, sessions, clients, sign-ups, JWT templates, JWKS, email/SMS verification and templates, allowlist/blocklist identifiers, invitations, SAML/enterprise connections, OAuth applications, and Svix-powered webhooks. The base URL is https://api.clerk.com/v1 and every request (except GET /jwks and the public interstitial) is authenticated with your instance Secret Key passed as `Authorization: Bearer sk_...`. This description is grounded in Clerk''s published OpenAPI spec (github.com/clerk/openapi-specs, bapi) but is a curated subset covering the primary resource groups; it does not enumerate every parameter or schema property. Verify the current version-dated spec on GitHub for the authoritative contract.'
  version: '2026-05-12'
  contact:
    name: Clerk
    url: https://clerk.com
  license:
    name: Clerk Documentation
    url: https://clerk.com/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.clerk.com/v1
  description: Clerk Backend API
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Organizations
  description: Multi-tenant organizations.
paths:
  /organizations:
    get:
      operationId: listOrganizations
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: List all organizations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of organizations.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
                  total_count:
                    type: integer
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createOrganization
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: Create an organization
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateOrganization'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
  /organizations/{organization_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganizationId'
    get:
      operationId: getOrganization
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: Retrieve an organization
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateOrganization
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: Update an organization
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteOrganization
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: Delete an organization
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeletedObject'
  /organizations/{organization_id}/metadata:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrganizationId'
    patch:
      operationId: mergeOrganizationMetadata
      tags:
      - Organizations
      summary: Merge and update organization metadata
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Metadata'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated organization.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
components:
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of results to return (1-500, default 10).
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 10
    OrganizationId:
      name: organization_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID or slug of the organization.
      schema:
        type: string
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of results to skip for pagination.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
  schemas:
    Metadata:
      type: object
      properties:
        public_metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        private_metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        unsafe_metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    DeletedObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        deleted:
          type: boolean
    CreateOrganization:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        created_by:
          type: string
        max_allowed_memberships:
          type: integer
        public_metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    ClerkErrors:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
              long_message:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
        clerk_trace_id:
          type: string
    Organization:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        members_count:
          type: integer
        max_allowed_memberships:
          type: integer
        public_metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        created_at:
          type: integer
        updated_at:
          type: integer
  responses:
    ValidationError:
      description: The request payload failed validation.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClerkErrors'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Secret Key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClerkErrors'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClerkErrors'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Your Clerk instance Secret Key (starts with sk_test_ or sk_live_) passed as `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY`.'