# Clerk Node.js SDK

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-node/  
**Provider:** Clerk — https://apis.io/providers/clerk/  
**Base URL:** https://github.com/clerk/javascript  
**Documentation:** https://clerk.com/docs/references/backend/overview

Clerk Node.js SDK is one of 24 APIs that [Clerk](https://apis.io/providers/clerk/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include SDK, Node.js, and Backend. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Backend SDK for Node.js (@clerk/backend / @clerk/express / @clerk/fastify) that wraps the Backend API and verifies session JWTs.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://clerk.com/docs/references/backend/overview

## Other Clerk APIs (12)

- [Clerk Frontend API](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/frontend-api/)
- [Clerk Webhooks (Svix)](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/webhooks/)
- [Clerk JavaScript SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/javascript/)
- [Clerk Next.js SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-nextjs/)
- [Clerk React SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-react/)
- [Clerk Expo SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-expo/)
- [Clerk React Router SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-react-router/)
- [Clerk Astro SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-astro/)
- [Clerk TanStack Start SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-tanstack-start/)
- [Clerk Go SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-go/)
- [Clerk Python SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-python/)
- [Clerk Ruby SDK](https://apis.io/apis/clerk/sdk-ruby/)

## Tags

SDK, Node.js, Backend

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