Download certificate (serial number)

GET https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id}}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}?issuer={{issuer}}

Use this endpoint to download a certificate found in the CT logs using the certificate's serial number.

Notice

This is the serial number assigned to the certificate on issuance.

Example requests and response

Example 1. cURL

curl -X GET \
  'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id }}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}/?issuer={{issuer}}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}'

Example 2. Python

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id}}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}/?issuer={{issuer}}"

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

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

print(response.text)

Example 3. Go

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id}}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}/?issuer={{issuer}}"

	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))

}

Example 4. NodeJS

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id}}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}/?issuer={{issuer}}',
  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);
});

Request URL query strings

URL query strings are appended to the endpoint URL using a ?.

For example:

https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/ctmonitor/{{order_id }}/ct-cert/{{serial_id}}/?issuer={{issuer}}

Name	Req/Opt	Type	Description
issuer	required	string	Name of certificate authority that issued the certificate.

Response parameters

Name	Type	Description
pem	string	TLS/SSL certificate in PEM format.

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