Get Clerk development API keys

Return the Publishable Key and Secret Key for a connected development Clerk instance.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

GET/v1/clerk/development-api-keys

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/development-api-keys

5 tokens

Return the Publishable Key and Secret Key for a connected development 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_development_api_keys

Parameters1 field

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

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

Response4 fields

clerk_instance_idstring

Clerk instance id (ins_...) for the connected development app.

environment_typestring

Always "development" when this capability succeeds.

publishable_keystring

Clerk Publishable Key (pk_test_...). Safe for frontend env vars; do not treat as a secret equivalent to the Secret Key.

secret_keystring

Clerk Secret Key (sk_test_...). Treat as high-privilege — do not log.

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/development-api-keys"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {

}

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

Example responses1 example

200Development Clerk API keys for local app configuration.

development_api_keys.json

{
  "clerk_instance_id": "ins_2abc123",
  "environment_type": "development",
  "publishable_key": "pk_test_ZXhhbXBsZS5hY2NvdW50cy5kZXYk",
  "secret_key": "sk_test_example"
}