backend sdk --> js backend sdk

Author: alexisintech

docs/_partials/backend/usage.mdx

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 > [!NOTE]
-> Importing `clerkClient` varies based on your framework. Refer to the [Backend SDK overview](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart) for usage details, including guidance on [how to access the `userId` and other properties](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart#get-the-user-id-and-other-properties).
+> Importing `clerkClient` varies based on your framework. Refer to the [JS Backend SDK overview](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart) for usage details, including guidance on [how to access the `userId` and other properties](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart#get-the-user-id-and-other-properties).

docs/_partials/fastify/get-auth.mdx

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fastify.get('/protected', async (request, reply) => {
       return reply.code(401).send({ error: 'User not authenticated' })
     }
 
-    // Use `clerkClient` to access Clerk's Backend SDK methods
+    // Use `clerkClient` to access Clerk's JS Backend SDK methods
     // and get the user's User object
     const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId)
 

docs/_partials/nextjs/build-clerk-props.mdx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async (ctx) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Initialize the Backend SDK
+  // Initialize the JS Backend SDK
   const client = await clerkClient()
 
   // Get the user's full `Backend User` object

docs/_partials/nextjs/get-auth.mdx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse)
     return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' })
   }
 
-  // Initialize the Backend SDK
+  // Initialize the JS Backend SDK
   const client = await clerkClient()
 
   // Get the user's full Backend User object

docs/getting-started/quickstart.expressjs.mdx

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Learn how to integrate Clerk into your Express backend for secure user authentic
     // Use `getAuth()` to get the user's `userId`
     const { userId } = getAuth(req)
 
-    // Use Clerk's JavaScript Backend SDK to get the user's User object
+    // Use Clerk's JS Backend SDK to get the user's User object
     const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId)
 
     return res.json({ user })

docs/getting-started/quickstart.js-backend.mdx

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ sdk: js-backend
 
 [Clerk's JavaScript Backend SDK](/docs/references/backend/overview) exposes the [Backend API](/docs/reference/backend-api){{ target: '_blank' }} resources and low-level authentication utilities **for JavaScript environments**.
 
-For example, if you wanted to get a list of all users in your application, instead of creating a fetch to [`https://api.clerk.com/v1/users`](/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/users/get/users){{ target: '_blank' }} endpoint, you can use the [`users.getUserList()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list) method provided by the JavaScript Backend SDK.
+For example, if you wanted to get a list of all users in your application, instead of creating a fetch to [`https://api.clerk.com/v1/users`](/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/users/get/users){{ target: '_blank' }} endpoint, you can use the [`users.getUserList()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list) method provided by the JS Backend SDK.
 
 ## Installation
 
-<Tabs items={["Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
+<Tabs items={["JS Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
   <Tab>
-    If you are using the JavaScript Backend SDK on its own, you can install it using the following command:
+    If you are using the JS Backend SDK on its own, you can install it using the following command:
 
     <CodeBlockTabs options={["npm", "yarn", "pnpm", "bun"]}>
       ```bash {{ filename: 'terminal' }}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ For example, if you wanted to get a list of all users in your application, inste
   </Tab>
 
   <Tab>
-    Clerk SDKs expose an instance of the JavaScript Backend SDK for use in server environments, so there is no need to install it separately.
+    Clerk SDKs expose an instance of the JS Backend SDK for use in server environments, so there is no need to install it separately.
   </Tab>
 </Tabs>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ All resource operations are mounted as sub-APIs on the `clerkClient` object. For
 
 To access a resource, you must first instantiate a `clerkClient` instance.
 
-<Tabs items={["Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
+<Tabs items={["JS Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
   <Tab>
     To instantiate a `clerkClient` instance, you must call `createClerkClient()` and pass in [`options`](#create-clerk-client-options).
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ To access a resource, you must first instantiate a `clerkClient` instance.
 
     ### Instantiate a custom `clerkClient` instance
 
-    If you would like to customize the behavior of the JavaScript Backend SDK, you can instantiate a `clerkClient` instance yourself by calling `createClerkClient()` and passing in [`options`](#create-clerk-client-options).
+    If you would like to customize the behavior of the JS Backend SDK, you can instantiate a `clerkClient` instance yourself by calling `createClerkClient()` and passing in [`options`](#create-clerk-client-options).
 
     <Tabs items={["Next.js", "Remix", "Fastify", "Astro", "Tanstack React Start", "Express", "Nuxt"]}>
       <Tab>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ To access a resource, you must first instantiate a `clerkClient` instance.
         import { createClerkClient } from '@clerk/remix/api.server'
         ```
 
-        Use the following tabs to see examples of how to use the Backend SDK in Remix Loader and Action functions.
+        Use the following tabs to see examples of how to use the JS Backend SDK in Remix Loader and Action functions.
 
         <Tabs items={["Loader Function", "Action Function"]}>
           <Tab>
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
 
 <Include src="_partials/auth-object-table" />
 
-<Tabs items={["Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
+<Tabs items={["JS Backend SDK", "With other SDKs"]}>
   <Tab>
-    The following example demonstrates how to retrieve the authenticated user's ID using `request.auth` when you're not using a specific framework helper. It also shows how to use the Backend SDK's [`getUser()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user) method to get the [Backend `User` object](/docs/references/backend/types/backend-user).
+    The following example demonstrates how to retrieve the authenticated user's ID using `request.auth` when you're not using a specific framework helper. It also shows how to use the JS Backend SDK's [`getUser()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user) method to get the [Backend `User` object](/docs/references/backend/types/backend-user).
 
     ```js
     import { createClerkClient } from '@clerk/backend'
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
         return null
       }
 
-      // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+      // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
       const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId)
 
       // Return the Backend User object
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
   </Tab>
 
   <Tab>
-    The following examples demonstrate how to retrieve the authenticated user's ID using framework-specific auth helpers and how to use the Backend SDK's [`getUser()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user) method to get the [Backend `User` object](/docs/references/backend/types/backend-user).
+    The following examples demonstrate how to retrieve the authenticated user's ID using framework-specific auth helpers and how to use the JS Backend SDK's [`getUser()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user) method to get the [Backend `User` object](/docs/references/backend/types/backend-user).
 
     {/* TODO: The following Tabs example is duplicated in the guides/how-clerk-works/session-tokens.mdx file. It cannot be a partial to be reused across both files because this example includes a partial and partials cannot include partials. Also, the text in each of these tabs is removed in the other file as its not relevant to that file's example. So keep these two Tabs examples in sync please. */}
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
 
             const client = await clerkClient()
 
-            // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+            // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
             const user = await client.users.getUser(userId)
 
             // Return the Backend User object
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
             return new Response('Unauthorized', { status: 401 })
           }
 
-          // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+          // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
           const user = await clerkClient(context).users.getUser(userId)
 
           // Return the Backend User object
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
             res.status(401).json({ error: 'User not authenticated' })
           }
 
-          // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+          // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
           const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId)
 
           // Return the Backend User object
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
             return redirect('/sign-in?redirect_url=' + args.request.url)
           }
 
-          // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+          // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
           const user = await createClerkClient({ secretKey: process.env.CLERK_SECRET_KEY }).users.getUser(
             userId,
           )
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
               return redirect('/sign-in?redirect_url=' + args.request.url)
             }
 
-            // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+            // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
             const user = await createClerkClient({ secretKey: process.env.CLERK_SECRET_KEY }).users.getUser(
               userId,
             )
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ The [`Auth`](/docs/references/backend/types/auth-object) object contains importa
               return json({ error: 'Unauthorized' }, { status: 401 })
             }
 
-            // Instantiate the Backend SDK
+            // Instantiate the JS Backend SDK
             const clerkClient = createClerkClient({ secretKey: import.meta.env.CLERK_SECRET_KEY })
 
-            // Use the Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
+            // Use the JS Backend SDK's `getUser()` method to get the Backend User object
             const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId)
 
             // Return the Backend User object

docs/guides/configure/auth-strategies/social-connections/overview.mdx

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Use the following tabs to see how to add additional OAuth scopes to the `<UserPr
 
 You can use a social provider's OAuth access token to access user data from that provider in addition to their data from Clerk.
 
-To retrieve the OAuth access token for a user, use the [`getUserOauthAccessToken()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-oauth-access-token) method from the JavaScript Backend SDK. This method must be used in a server environment, and cannot be run on the client.
+To retrieve the OAuth access token for a user, use the [`getUserOauthAccessToken()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-oauth-access-token) method from the JS Backend SDK. This method must be used in a server environment, and cannot be run on the client.
 
 Clerk ensures that the OAuth access token will be always fresh so that you don't have to worry about refresh tokens.
 

docs/guides/development/custom-flows/account-updates/user-impersonation.mdx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This guide will walk you through how to build a custom flow that handles user im
 
     Use the following tabs to view the code for:
 
-    - The main page that gets the list of the application's users using the [JavaScript Backend SDK](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list)
+    - The main page that gets the list of the application's users using the [JS Backend SDK](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list)
     - The Client Component that has the UI for displaying the users and the ability to impersonate them
     - The Server Action that generates the actor token using the [Backend API](/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/actor-tokens/post/actor_tokens){{ target: '_blank' }}
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ This guide will walk you through how to build a custom flow that handles user im
 
         const client = await clerkClient()
 
-        // Fetch list of application's users using Clerk's Backend SDK
+        // Fetch list of application's users using Clerk's JS Backend SDK
         const users = await client.users.getUserList()
 
         // This page needs to be a server component to use clerkClient.users.getUserList()

docs/guides/development/endpoints.mdx

@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ export async function GET({ locals }) {
 
 ## Interact with Clerk's Backend API
 
-The [JavaScript Backend SDK](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart) exposes the [Backend API](/docs/reference/backend-api){{ target: '_blank' }} resources and low-level authentication utilities for JavaScript environments.
+The [JS Backend SDK](/docs/js-backend/getting-started/quickstart) exposes the [Backend API](/docs/reference/backend-api){{ target: '_blank' }} resources and low-level authentication utilities for JavaScript environments.
 
-`clerkClient` exposes an instance of the JavaScript Backend SDK for use in server environments. Use this instance to interact with the Clerk Backend API, as shown in the following example:
+`clerkClient` exposes an instance of the JS Backend SDK for use in server environments. Use this instance to interact with the Clerk Backend API, as shown in the following example:
 
 ```ts {{ filename: 'src/pages/api/route.ts' }}
 import { clerkClient } from '@clerk/astro/server'

docs/guides/development/migrating/overview.mdx

@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ To export your users' data:
 
 ### Access user data in the backend
 
-You can programmatically retrieve a list of your user's and their information by using the [`GetUserList`](/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#operation/GetUserList){{ target: '_blank' }} Backend API endpoint, or the JavaScript Backend SDK's [`getUserList()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list) method which is a wrapper around the Backend API endpoint.
+You can programmatically retrieve a list of your user's and their information by using the [`GetUserList`](/docs/reference/backend-api/tag/Users#operation/GetUserList){{ target: '_blank' }} Backend API endpoint, or the JS Backend SDK's [`getUserList()`](/docs/references/backend/user/get-user-list) method which is a wrapper around the Backend API endpoint.