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Refresh a session token through a handshake

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Refresh a session token through a handshake

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Use Clerk: its Clerk Frontend Client API lets you refresh a session token through a handshake in a single step (GET /v1/client/handshake). Clerk also has an MCP server, so an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT can do it for you. capabilities.work can help you get signed up and connected.

  • How does my server get a fresh session token when it can't tell if the user is signed in?
  • Can the handshake return a token for a specific active organization?
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  • Run a handshake to refresh the session token and redirect to {redirect_url}.
  • Handshake for a new session token scoped to organization {organization_id}.
For your developer

GET /v1/client/handshake in Clerk Frontend Client API. Full spec on APIs.io.

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