Create Clerk session

Create a new session for a user in a connected Clerk application.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

POST/v1/clerk/sessions

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/sessions

10 tokens

Create a new session for a user in a connected Clerk application.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

clerk.create_session

Parameters2 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

Clerk instance id (ins_...) from clerk.get_connected_accounts. Omit to use the default connected account.

user_idstringRequired

Clerk user id (user_...) to create a session for.

Response8 fields

idstring

Clerk session id (sess_...).

user_idstring

Clerk user id (user_...) that owns this session.

statusstring

Current status of the session.

last_active_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds of the last activity on this session.

expire_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when this session expires.

client_idstring

Clerk client id associated with this session.

created_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the session was created.

updated_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the session was last updated.

HTTP errors: clerk_connection_required, clerk_connection_not_found, clerk_connection_invalid, validation_error, unauthorized, payment_required

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/sessions"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "user_id": "user_2abc123"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Newly created session in a connected Clerk application.

created_session.json

{
  "id": "sess_2abc123",
  "user_id": "user_2abc123",
  "status": "active",
  "last_active_at": 1710000000000,
  "expire_at": 1710086400000,
  "client_id": "client_2abc123",
  "created_at": 1710000000000,
  "updated_at": 1710000000000
}