Clerk's JavaScript Backend SDK exposes Clerk's Backend API resources and low-level authentication utilities for JavaScript environments.
- Node.js
>=18.17.0(or later) or any V8 isolates runtime - An existing Clerk application. Create your account for free.
The fastest way to get started with @clerk/backend is by following the JavaScript Backend SDK reference documentation.
You'll learn how to install @clerk/backend and how to use createClerkClient().
For further information, guides, and examples visit the JavaScript Backend SDK reference documentation. It lists all the available APIs and methods.
This project uses vitest as the unit test runner and msw for mocking network requests.
If you need to see which requests are being intercepted by msw, you can run the test suite with the following env: DEBUG_MOCK_REQUESTS=true
You can get in touch with us in any of the following ways:
- Join our official community Discord server
- On our support page
We're open to all community contributions! If you'd like to contribute in any way, please read our contribution guidelines and code of conduct.
@clerk/backend follows good practices of security, but 100% security cannot be assured.
@clerk/backend is provided "as is" without any warranty. Use at your own risk.
For more information and to report security issues, please refer to our security documentation.
This project is licensed under the MIT license.
See LICENSE for more information.