Clerk Sessions API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Clerk Backend Allowlist & Blocklist Sessions 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: Sessions
  description: User sessions and session tokens.
paths:
  /sessions:
    get:
      operationId: getSessionList
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: List all sessions
      parameters:
      - name: user_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: status
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of sessions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Session'
    post:
      operationId: createSession
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: Create a session
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                user_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created session.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Session'
  /sessions/{session_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    get:
      operationId: getSession
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: Retrieve a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested session.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Session'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /sessions/{session_id}/revoke:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    post:
      operationId: revokeSession
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: Revoke a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The revoked session.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Session'
  /sessions/{session_id}/tokens:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    post:
      operationId: createSessionToken
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: Create a session token
      description: Mints a short-lived session JWT for the given session.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The generated token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionToken'
  /sessions/{session_id}/tokens/{template_name}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    - name: template_name
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    post:
      operationId: createSessionTokenFromTemplate
      tags:
      - Sessions
      summary: Create a session token from a JWT template
      description: Mints a session token whose claims are shaped by the named JWT template.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The generated token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionToken'
components:
  parameters:
    SessionId:
      name: session_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the session.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    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
    Session:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
        user_id:
          type: string
        client_id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        last_active_at:
          type: integer
        expire_at:
          type: integer
        created_at:
          type: integer
    SessionToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        jwt:
          type: string
  responses:
    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`.'