> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.closient.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Invite a member > Invite a user to the organization by email. Creates the user if they do not exist. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/openapi-account.json post /account/api/v1/organizations/{org_id}/members openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Account API version: 1.0.0 description: > Authenticate and manage users, organizations, and API keys. ## Authentication All endpoints require an API key passed via the `X-API-Key` HTTP header, unless otherwise noted. ``` X-API-Key: csb__ ``` Generate API keys in **Settings > API Keys** in your dashboard, or via the Account API. Session-based (cookie) authentication is also accepted for browser-based access. ## Rate Limits | Tier | Requests / minute | Requests / day | |-------------|-------------------|----------------| | Default | 300 | 10,000 | | Custom | Contact us | Contact us | Rate-limit headers are included on every response so callers can self-throttle without hitting our 429s ("informed governor"): - `RateLimit-Policy` — every active window, e.g. `300;w=60, 10000;w=86400` - `RateLimit-Limit` — quota for the **most-restrictive** currently-active window - `RateLimit-Remaining` — requests left in that window - `RateLimit-Reset` — seconds until that window resets (relative; clock-skew safe) Legacy `X-RateLimit-*` aliases are also emitted for back-compat. `X-RateLimit-Reset` keeps the absolute Unix-timestamp shape to avoid breaking existing consumers. When rate-limited, you receive `429 Too Many Requests` with a `retry_after_seconds` field in the error envelope and a `Retry-After` header. ## Pagination List endpoints return paginated results in this envelope: ```json { "data": [...], "pagination": { "page": 1, "page_size": 25, "total_count": 342, "total_pages": 14, "has_next": true, "has_previous": false } } ``` Use `?page=2&page_size=50` query parameters. Maximum page size is 100. ## Error Responses All errors conform to [RFC 9457 Problem Details](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457) with `Content-Type: application/problem+json`: ```json { "type": "https://closient.com/docs/errors/not_found", "title": "Not Found", "status": 404, "detail": "The requested resource was not found.", "error_code": "not_found", "retryable": false, "timestamp": "2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00" } ``` Common error codes: `unauthorized` (401), `forbidden` (403), `not_found` (404), `validation_error` (422), `rate_limited` (429), `internal_error` (500). termsOfService: https://www.closient.com/terms/ servers: - url: https://www.closient.com security: [] tags: - name: Account description: Authenticate and introspect the current user and API key. - name: Organizations description: Create and manage organizations (businesses). - name: Members description: Invite, update, and remove organization members. - name: API Keys description: Create, list, and revoke API keys. - name: Preferences description: >- Read the authenticated user's stored trait preferences (allergens, dietary stances, certifications). Writes happen through the dashboard's HTMX form, not this API. externalDocs: description: Closient Documentation url: https://docs.closient.com paths: /account/api/v1/organizations/{org_id}/members: post: tags: - Members summary: Invite a member description: >- Invite a user to the organization by email. Creates the user if they do not exist. operationId: apps_accounts_api_members_invite_member parameters: - in: path name: org_id schema: description: UUID of the organization. format: shortuuid maxLength: 22 minLength: 22 pattern: ^[23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]{22}$ title: Org Id type: string required: true description: UUID of the organization. requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MemberInvite' required: true responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MemberOut' '403': description: Forbidden content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut' '422': description: Unprocessable Content content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut' security: - APIKeyHeaderAuth: [] - OAuthTokenAuth: [] - SessionAuth: [] components: schemas: MemberInvite: description: Request schema for inviting a member to an organization. examples: - email: bob@example.com role: editor properties: email: description: Email address of the user to invite. title: Email type: string role: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoleTypeEnum' default: editor description: Role to assign to the new member. required: - email title: MemberInvite type: object MemberOut: description: Response schema for a membership record. examples: - id: e6f7a8b9-0123-4567-abcd-ef8901234567 role: owner role_display: Owner user_email: alice@example.com user_metadata: {} user_name: Alice Johnson properties: id: description: >- URL-safe 22-character shortuuid encoding of the row's UUID primary key. Stable across the row's lifetime; suitable for sharing in URLs, log lines, and external SDK clients. Accepted on input as either the shortuuid form or the canonical UUID form (``xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx``). format: shortuuid maxLength: 22 minLength: 22 pattern: ^[23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]{22}$ title: Id type: string user_email: description: Email address of the member's user account. title: User Email type: string user_name: description: Display name of the member's user account, if set. title: User Name type: string user_metadata: additionalProperties: type: string description: >- Free-form metadata stored on the user account (Stripe-style key/value strings). title: User Metadata type: object role: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RoleTypeEnum' description: Role of the user in the organization. role_display: description: Human-readable label for the role (localized). title: Role Display type: string required: - id - user_email - user_name - user_metadata - role - role_display title: MemberOut type: object ErrorOut: description: |- RFC 9457 Problem Details response. All API errors are returned in this format with Content-Type: application/problem+json. examples: - detail: The requested resource was not found. error_code: not_found retryable: false status: 404 timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00' title: Not Found type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/not_found - detail: Validation error. details: - loc: - body - name msg: Field required type: missing error_code: validation_error retryable: false status: 422 timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00' title: Validation Error type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/validation_error - detail: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later. error_code: rate_limited retry_after: 31 retryable: true status: 429 timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00' title: Rate Limited type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/rate_limited properties: type: description: URI reference identifying the error type. title: Type type: string title: description: Short human-readable summary of the error. title: Title type: string status: description: HTTP status code. title: Status type: integer detail: description: Human-readable explanation of this specific occurrence. title: Detail type: string error_code: description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. not_found, unauthorized). title: Error Code type: string retryable: default: false description: Whether retrying the same request can succeed. title: Retryable type: boolean timestamp: description: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the error occurred. title: Timestamp type: string retry_after: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' description: Seconds to wait before retrying (when applicable). title: Retry After owner_action_required: anyOf: - type: boolean - type: 'null' description: Whether the error requires account owner intervention. title: Owner Action Required details: description: Additional context (validation errors, etc.). title: Details required: - type - title - status - detail - error_code - timestamp title: ErrorOut type: object RoleTypeEnum: description: Organization membership roles. Mirrors ``accounts.models.RoleType``. enum: - owner - manager - billing - editor title: RoleTypeEnum type: string securitySchemes: APIKeyHeaderAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: X-API-Key OAuthTokenAuth: type: http scheme: bearer SessionAuth: type: apiKey in: cookie name: sessionid ````