Getting started

The WorkOS API gives you everything you need to make your app enterprise-ready. Authenticate users, sync directories, enforce access controls, stream audit logs, and more – all through a single integration.

The API is organized around REST. It accepts JSON-encoded request bodies, returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

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https://api_workos_com

Not a developer? You can explore most of WorkOS without writing any code. The WorkOS Dashboard lets you configure SSO connections, manage directories, set up audit log streams, and more – all from a visual interface.

Generate a short-lived, session-bound token for the Client GraphQL API, scoped to an organization and user.

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.workos.com/client/token" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sk_example_123456789" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @- <<'BODY'
    {
        "organization_id": "org_01EHZNVPK3SFK441A1RGBFSHRT",
        "user_id": "user_01E4ZCR3C56J083X43JQXF3JK5"
    }
BODY

{
  "token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InNlc3Npb24..."
}