Get Clerk session

Retrieve a single session from a connected Clerk application.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

GET/v1/clerk/sessions/{session_id}

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/sessions/{session_id}

3 tokens

Retrieve a single session from 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.get_session

Parameters2 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

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

session_idstringRequired

Clerk session id (sess_...) to retrieve or modify.

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/{session_id}"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
}
params = {
    "session_id": "sess_2abc123"
}

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

Example responses1 example

200Session detail from a connected Clerk application.

session_detail.json

{
  "id": "sess_2abc123",
  "user_id": "user_2abc123",
  "status": "active",
  "last_active_at": 1710000000000,
  "expire_at": 1710086400000,
  "client_id": "client_2abc123",
  "created_at": 1709913600000,
  "updated_at": 1710000000000
}