Certificate chain

less than a minute

GET https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/certificate/{{certificate_id}}/chain

Use this endpoint to list the certificate chain for an issued certificate.

Example requests and responses

curl -X GET \
  'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/certificate/{{certificate_id}}/chain' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}'

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/certificate/{{certificate_id}}/chain"

payload = ""
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json"
    }

response = requests.request("GET", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/certificate/{{certificate_id}}/chain"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-DC-DEVKEY", "{{api_key}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/certificate/{{certificate_id}}/chain',
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' } };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

200 OK

{
  "intermediates": [
    {
      "subject_common_name": "www.digicert.com",
      "pem": "<pem_encoded_certificate>"
    },
    {
      "subject_common_name": "DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA",
      "pem": "<pem_encoded_certificate>"
    },
    {
      "subject_common_name": "DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA",
      "pem": "<pem_encoded_certificate>"
    }
  ]
}

Response parameters

Name	Type	Description
intermediates	array	List of certificates in the chain.
.. subject_common_name	string	Common name on the certificate.
.. pem	string	PEM encoded certificate. Note: The `pem` response parameter includes newline characters `\r\n`, which are an inherent part of PEM-encoded certificates.