getMemberships()
1. GetMembersParams
2. Returns
addMember()
1. AddMemberParams
2. Returns
updateMember()
1. UpdateMembershipParams
2. Returns
removeMember()
1. Parameters
2. Returns
Organization membership methods example

Organization membership methods

Warning

Organizations must be enabled in your Clerk settings for these methods to work. See the Organizations overview to learn more.

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

To see how all these methods work together, see the comprehensive example.

`getMemberships()`

Retrieves the list of memberships for the currently active organization.

function getMemberships(
  params?: GetMembersParams,
): Promise<ClerkPaginatedResponse<OrganizationMembership>>

`GetMembersParams`

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
role?
Type
OrganizationCustomRoleKey[]
Description
The roles of memberships that will be included in the response.

OrganizationCustomRoleKey is a string that represents the user's role in the organization. Clerk provides the default roles org:admin and org:member. However, you can create custom roles as well.

Returns

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

`addMember()`

Adds a user as a member to an organization. A user can only be added to an organization if they are not already a member of it and if they already exist in the same instance as the organization.

Only administrators can add members to an organization.

function addMember(params: AddMemberParams): Promise<OrganizationMembership>

`AddMemberParams`

Name
userId
Type
string
Description
The ID of the user to be added as a member to the organization.
Name
role
Type
string
Description
The role that the user will have in the organization.

Returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationMembership>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to the `OrganizationMembership` object.

`updateMember()`

Updates a member. Currently, only a user's role can be updated.

function updateMember(params: UpdateMembershipParams): Promise<OrganizationMembership>

`UpdateMembershipParams`

Name
userId
Type
string
Description
The ID of the user to update.
Name
role
Type
string
Description
The role of the new member.

Returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationMembership>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to the updated `OrganizationMembership` object.

`removeMember()`

Removes a member from the organization based on the userId.

function removeMember(userId: string): Promise<OrganizationMembership>

Parameters

Name
userId
Type
string
Description
The ID of the user to remove from the organization.

Returns

Type	Description
`Promise<OrganizationMembership>`	This method returns a `Promise` that resolves to the removed `OrganizationMembership` object.

Organization membership methods example

The following example demonstrates how to use the organization membership methods to manage the members of an organization. To ease the development process, the response or error message of a method will be displayed on the user interface.

index.html

main.js

index.html

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/vite.svg" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Clerk + JavaScript App</title>
    <style>
      /* Style for the table */
      table {
        border-collapse: collapse; /* Collapse borders into a single border */
        border: 1px solid black; /* Border for the entire table */
      }

      /* Style for table cells */
      td,
      th {
        border: 1px solid black; /* Border for each cell */
        padding: 2px; /* Optional: Add padding to cells */
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>

    <p id="error-container" hidden>
      Error:
      <span id="error-message"></span>
    </p>

    <h2>Memberships List</h2>
    <table id="memberships_table">
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th>User ID</th>
          <th>Identifier</th>
          <th>Role</th>
          <th id="update-role-head" hidden>Update role</th>
          <th id="remove-member-head" hidden>Remove member</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody id="memberships_table_body"></tbody>
    </table>

    <div id="add-member-container">
      <h2>Add member</h2>
      <input id="member-user-id" placeholder="Enter member's user ID" />
      <button id="add-member">Add member</button>
    </div>

    <h2>Response:</h2>
    <pre id="response"></pre>

    <script type="module" src="/main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

main.js

import { Clerk } from '@clerk/clerk-js'

// Initialize Clerk with your Clerk Publishable Key
const pubKey = import.meta.env.VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY

const clerk = new Clerk(pubKey)
await clerk.load()

if (clerk.user) {
  // Check for an active organization
  if (clerk.organization) {
    // Render list of organization memberships
    async function renderMemberships(organization, isAdmin) {
      try {
        const { data } = await organization.getMemberships()

        const memberships = data
        console.log(`getMemberships:`, memberships)

        memberships.map((membership) => {
          const membershipTable = document.getElementById('memberships_table')
          const row = membershipTable.insertRow()
          row.insertCell().textContent = membership.publicUserData.userId
          row.insertCell().textContent = membership.publicUserData.identifier
          row.insertCell().textContent = membership.role

          // Add administrative actions:
          // Add and remove a member, and update a member's role.
          if (isAdmin) {
            // Show add, update, remove member buttons
            document.getElementById('add-member-container').removeAttribute('hidden')
            document.getElementById('update-role-head').removeAttribute('hidden')
            document.getElementById('remove-member-head').removeAttribute('hidden')

            // Get the user ID of the member
            const userId = membership.publicUserData.userId

            // Update a member's role
            const updateBtn = document.createElement('button')
            updateBtn.textContent = 'Change role'
            updateBtn.addEventListener('click', async function (e) {
              e.preventDefault()
              const role = membership.role === 'org:admin' ? 'org:member' : 'org:admin'
              await organization
                .updateMember({ userId, role })
                .then((res) => {
                  document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(res)
                })
                .catch((error) => {
                  document.getElementById('error-container').removeAttribute('hidden')
                  document.getElementById('error-message').innerHTML = error.errors[0].longMessage
                  console.log('An error occurred:', error.errors)
                })
            })
            row.insertCell().appendChild(updateBtn)

            // Remove a member
            const removeBtn = document.createElement('button')
            removeBtn.textContent = 'Remove'
            removeBtn.addEventListener('click', async function (e) {
              e.preventDefault()
              await organization
                .removeMember(userId)
                .then((res) => {
                  document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(res)
                })
                .catch((error) => {
                  document.getElementById('error-container').removeAttribute('hidden')
                  document.getElementById('error-message').innerHTML = error.errors[0].longMessage
                  console.log('An error occurred:', error.errors)
                })
            })
            row.insertCell().appendChild(removeBtn)

            // Add a new member to the organization
            document.getElementById('add-member').addEventListener('click', () => {
              const userId = document.getElementById('member-user-id').value

              organization
                .addMember({ userId, role: 'org:member' })
                .then((res) => {
                  document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(res)
                })
                .catch((error) => {
                  document.getElementById('error-container').removeAttribute('hidden')
                  document.getElementById('error-message').innerHTML = error.errors[0].longMessage
                  console.log('An error occurred:', error.errors)
                })
            })
          }
        })
      } catch (error) {
        document.getElementById('error-container').removeAttribute('hidden')
        document.getElementById('error-message').innerHTML = error.errors[0].longMessage
        console.log('An error occurred:', error.errors)
      }
    }

    /**
     * Checks if a user is an admin of the
     * currently active organization and
     * renders the organization's memberships.
     */
    async function checkAdminAndRenderMemberships() {
      const organizationId = clerk.organization.id

      const { data } = await clerk.user.getOrganizationMemberships()

      const organizationMemberships = data

      const currentMembership = organizationMemberships.find(
        (membership) => membership.organization.id === organizationId,
      )
      const currentOrganization = currentMembership.organization

      if (!currentOrganization) {
        return
      }
      const isAdmin = currentMembership.role === 'org:admin'

      console.log(`Organization:`, currentOrganization)

      renderMemberships(currentOrganization, isAdmin)
    }

    checkAdminAndRenderMemberships()
  } 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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