Get Clerk client

Retrieve a client record by id from a connected Clerk instance.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

GET/v1/clerk/clients/{client_id}

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/clients/{client_id}

3 tokens

Retrieve a client record by id from a connected Clerk instance.

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.get_client

Parameters2 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

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

client_idstringRequired

Clerk client id to retrieve.

Response7 fields

clientobject

6 fields

Client object from the Backend API.

idstring

Client id.

session_idsarrayitems

1 field

Session ids associated with this client.

session_idstring

Clerk session id (sess_...).

last_active_session_idstring

Most recently active session id for this client.

created_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the client was created.

updated_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the client 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/clients/{client_id}"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {
    "client_id": "client_2abc123"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

Example responses1 example

200Clerk client record by id.

client.json

{
  "client": {
    "id": "client_2abc123",
    "session_ids": [
      "sess_2abc123"
    ],
    "last_active_session_id": "sess_2abc123",
    "created_at": 1710000000000,
    "updated_at": 1710000000000
  }
}