createInvitation()
Creates a new invitation for the given email address and sends the invitation email.
If an email address has already been invited or already exists in your application, trying to create a new invitation will return an error. To bypass this error and create a new invitation anyways, set ignoreExisting to true.
function createInvitation: (params: CreateParams) => Promise<Invitation>;- Name
emailAddress- Type
string- Description
The email address of the user to invite.
- Name
redirectUrl?- Type
string- Description
The URL to redirect the user to after they accept the invitation.
- Name
publicMetadata?- Type
Record<string, unknown>- Description
Metadata saved on the invitation that is visible to both your Frontend and Backend APIs.
- Name
notify?- Type
boolean- Description
Optional flag to denote whether an email invitation should be sent to the given email address. Defaults to
true.
- Name
ignoreExisting?- Type
boolean- Description
Optional flag to denote whether an invitation should be created if there is already an existing invitation for this email address, or if the email address already exists in the application. Defaults to
false.
const response = await clerkClient.invitations.createInvitation({
emailAddress: 'invite@example.com',
redirectUrl: 'https://optionally-redirect-here',
publicMetadata: {
"example": "metadata",
"example_nested": {
"nested": "metadata",
},
}
});
console.log(response);
/*
_Invitation {
id: 'inv_2b6NfrkHKSU6mSYx2FwX4AtzeFi',
emailAddress: 'invite@example.com',
publicMetadata: { example: 'metadata', example_nested: [Object] },
createdAt: 1705531674576,
updatedAt: 1705531674576,
status: 'pending',
revoked: undefined
}
*/Backend API (BAPI) endpoint
This method in the SDK is a wrapper around the BAPI endpoint POST/invitations. See the BAPI reference for more details.