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Organization membership requests

These methods on the Organization object allow you to manage the membership requests for an organization.

The following examples assume:

getMembershipRequests()

Retrieve the list of membership requests for the currently active organization.

function getMembershipRequests(
  params?: GetMembershipRequestParams,
): Promise<ClerkPaginatedResponse<OrganizationMembershipRequestResource>>

GetMembershipRequestParams

  • 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
    string
    Description

    The status of the membership requests that will be included in the response.

Returns

TypeDescription
Promise<ClerkPaginatedResponse<OrganizationMembershipRequestResource>>This method returns a Promise that resolves to a ClerkPaginatedResponse of OrganizationMembershipRequest objects.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the getMembershipRequests() method to render a table of membership requests for the active organization. To ease the development process, the response or error message of a method will be displayed on the user interface.

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>Membership Requests</h2>
    <table id="requests_table">
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th>User ID</th>
          <th>Identifier</th>
          <th>Status</th>
          <th id="add-member-head" hidden>Add member</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody id="requests_table_body"></tbody>
    </table>

    <p>Response:</p>
    <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 clerk = new Clerk('YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY')
await clerk.load()

if (clerk.user) {
  // Check for an active organization
  if (clerk.organization) {
    // Render list of organization membership requests
    async function renderMembershipRequests(organization, isAdmin) {
      try {
        const { data } = await organization.getMembershipRequests()
        const membershipRequests = data
        console.log(`getMembershipRequests:`, membershipRequests)

        membershipRequests.map((membershipRequest) => {
          const requestsTable = document.getElementById('requests_table')
          const row = requestsTable.insertRow()
          row.insertCell().textContent = membershipRequest.publicUserData.userId
          row.insertCell().textContent = membershipRequest.publicUserData.identifier
          row.insertCell().textContent = membershipRequest.status

          // Add administrative actions:
          // Add member (removes request)
          if (isAdmin) {
            // Show add member button
            document.getElementById('add-member-head').removeAttribute('hidden')

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

            // Add member to organization
            const addBtn = document.createElement('button')
            addBtn.textContent = 'Add member'
            addBtn.addEventListener('click', async function (e) {
              e.preventDefault()

              const role = 'org:member'

              await organization
                .addMember({ 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(addBtn)
          }
        })
      } 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 membership requests.
     */
    async function checkAdminAndRenderRequests() {
      const organizationId = clerk.organization.id

      const organizationMemberships = await clerk.user.getOrganizationMemberships()

      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)

      renderMembershipRequests(currentOrganization, isAdmin)
    }

    checkAdminAndRenderRequests()
  } 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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