`getToken()`

Retrieves a token for a JWT Template that is defined in the Clerk Dashboard on the JWT Templates page.

In the example below, a token for the session with the ID my-session-id is retrieved and the token is generated using the test JWT Template.


const sessionId = 'my-session-id';
 
const template = 'test';
 
const session = await clerkClient.sessions.getToken(sessionId, template);

Required parameters

Name	Type	Description
`sessionId`	`string`	The ID of the session to retrieve a token for.
`template`	`string`	The name of the JWT template from the Clerk Dashboard to generate a new token from. E.g. 'firebase', 'grafbase', or your custom template's name.