getInvitations()
getPendingInvitations() (deprecated)
1. GetPendingInvitationsParams
2. getPendingInvitations() returns
inviteMember()
inviteMembers()

Organization invitation methods

These methods on the Organization object allow you to manage the invitations to an organization.

The following examples assume:

you have followed the quickstart in order to add Clerk to your JavaScript application
you have enabled the Organizations feature in your Clerk Dashboard

`getInvitations()`

Retrieves the list of invitations for the currently active organization.

function getInvitations(params?: GetInvitationsParams): Promise<ClerkPaginatedResponse<OrganizationInvitation>>;

`GetInvitationsParams`

Name
initialPage?
Type
number
Description
A number that can be used to skip the first n-1 pages. For example, if initialPage is set to 10, it is will skip the first 9 pages and will fetch the 10th page.
Name
pageSize?
Type
number
Description
A number that indicates the maximum number of results that should be returned for a specific page.
Name
status?
Type
'pending' | 'accepted' | 'revoked'
Description
The status an invitation can have.

`getInvitations()` returns

Type	Description
`Promise<ClerkPaginatedResponse<OrganizationInvitation>>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to a `ClerkPaginatedResponse` of `OrganizationInvitation` objects.

`getInvitations()` example

NPM module

main.js

import Clerk from '@clerk/clerk-js';

// Initialize Clerk with your Clerk publishable key
const clerk = new Clerk('YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY');
await clerk.load();

if (clerk.user) {
  // Check for an active organization
  if (clerk.organization) {
    await clerk.organization.getInvitations()
      .then((res) => console.log(res))
      .catch((error) => console.log("An error occurred:", error.errors));
  } else {
    // If there is no active organization,
    // mount Clerk's <OrganizationSwitcher />
    // to allow the user to set an organization as active
    document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
      <h2>Select an organization to set it as active</h2>
      <div id="org-switcher"></div>
    `;

    const orgSwitcherDiv = document.getElementById("org-switcher");

    clerk.mountOrganizationSwitcher(orgSwitcherDiv);
  }
} else {
  document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
    <div id="sign-in"></div>
  `;

  const signInDiv = document.getElementById("sign-in");

  clerk.mountSignIn(signInDiv);
}

`getPendingInvitations()` (deprecated)

Caution

This method is deprecated in favor of getInvitations().

Retrieves a list of organization invitations that have not yet been accepted.

function getPendingInvitations(params?: GetPendingInvitationsParams): Promise<OrganizationInvitation[]>;

`GetPendingInvitationsParams`

Name
limit
Type
number
Description
Limit of the results returned.
Name
offset
Type
number
Description
The offset of results to start the retrieval.

`getPendingInvitations()` returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationInvitation[]>`	This method returns a `Promise` which resolves with a list of `OrganizationInvitation` objects.

`inviteMember()`

Creates and sends an invitation to the target email address for becoming a member with the role passed on the function parameters.

function inviteMember(params: InviteMemberParams): Promise<OrganizationInvitation>;

`InviteMemberParams`

Name
emailAddress
Type
string
Description
The email address to invite.
Name
role
Type
string
Description
The role of the new member.

`inviteMember()` returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationInvitation>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to the `OrganizationInvitation` for the created invitation.

`inviteMember()` example

NPM module

main.js

import Clerk from '@clerk/clerk-js';

// Initialize Clerk with your Clerk publishable key
const clerk = new Clerk('YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY');
await clerk.load();

if (clerk.user) {
  // Check for an active organization
  if (clerk.organization) {
    const emailAddress = "test@test.com";
    const role = "org:member";

    await clerk.organization.inviteMember({ emailAddress, role })
      .then((res) => console.log(res))
      .catch((error) => console.log("An error occurred:", error.errors));
  } else {
    // If there is no active organization,
    // mount Clerk's <OrganizationSwitcher />
    // to allow the user to set an organization as active
    document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
      <h2>Select an organization to set it as active</h2>
      <div id="org-switcher"></div>
    `;

    const orgSwitcherDiv = document.getElementById("org-switcher");

    clerk.mountOrganizationSwitcher(orgSwitcherDiv);
  }
} else {
  document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
    <div id="sign-in"></div>
  `;

  const signInDiv = document.getElementById("sign-in");

  clerk.mountSignIn(signInDiv);
}

`inviteMembers()`

Creates and sends an invitation to the target email addresses for becoming a member with the role passed in the parameters.

function inviteMembers(params: InviteMembersParams): Promise<OrganizationInvitation[]>;

`InviteMembersParams`

Name
emailAddresses
Type
string[]
Description
The email addresses to invite.
Name
role
Type
string
Description
The role of the new members.

`inviteMembers()` returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationInvitation[]>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to an array of `OrganizationInvitation` objects for the created invitations.

`inviteMembers()` example

NPM module

main.js

import Clerk from '@clerk/clerk-js';

// Initialize Clerk with your Clerk publishable key
const clerk = new Clerk('YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY');
await clerk.load();

if (clerk.user) {
  // Check for an active organization
  if (clerk.organization) {
    const emailAddresses = ["test@test.com", "test2@test.com", "test3@test.com"];
    const role = "org:member";

    await clerk.organization.inviteMembers({ emailAddresses, role })
      .then((res) => console.log(res))
      .catch((error) => console.log("An error occurred:", error.errors));
  } else {
    // If there is no active organization,
    // mount Clerk's <OrganizationSwitcher />
    // to allow the user to set an organization as active
    document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
      <h2>Select an organization to set it as active</h2>
      <div id="org-switcher"></div>
    `;

    const orgSwitcherDiv = document.getElementById("org-switcher");

    clerk.mountOrganizationSwitcher(orgSwitcherDiv);
  }
} else {
  document.getElementById("app").innerHTML = `
    <div id="sign-in"></div>
  `;

  const signInDiv = document.getElementById("sign-in");

  clerk.mountSignIn(signInDiv);
}

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