Order validation status

GET https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/validation

Use this endpoint to get the validation status of an order. Response data varies depending on the type of certificate and the status of the validation components.

Example requests and responses

Example 1. cURL

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

Example 2. Python

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/validation"

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/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/validation"

	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/order/certificate/{{order_id}}/validation',
  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);
});

Example 5. 200 OK

{
  "order_id": "112211",
  "order_status": "issued",
  "organization_id": "12345",
  "organization_name": "Example Organization",
  "organization_validations": [
    {
      "type": "ov",
      "name": "OV",
      "description": "Normal Organization Validation",
      "date_created": "2018-04-25T21:52:33+00:00",
      "validated_until": "2019-04-25T21:52:33+00:00",
      "status": "pending",
      "verification_details": {
        "organization_type": "pending",
        "organization_status": "pending",
        "address_verification": "pending",
        "blacklist_fraud": "pending",
        "request_authenticity": "pending"
    }
  ],
  "dns_name_validations": [
    {
      "domain_id": "1234",
      "status": "approved",
      "method": "email",
      "dns_names": [
        "sub.example.com"
      ],
      "approval_expiration_date": "2020-09-11T16:27:39+00:00"
    }
  ]
}

Path parameters

Name	Req/Opt	Type	Description
order_id	required	string	Order ID.

Response parameters

Name	Type	Description
order_id	string	Order ID.
order_status	string	Status of the order. See Glossary – Order status
organization_id	string	Organization ID.
organization_name	string	Organization name.
organization_validations	array	List of objects with details about organization validations that must be complete before DigiCert can issue the certificate. Note: The `organization_validations` array is not returned for DV certificate orders.
.. type	string	Validation type ID. See Glossary – Validation types.
.. name	string	Friendly name of the validation type.
.. description	string	Description of the validation type.
.. date_created	string	Timestamp when validation was completed. UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date.
.. validated_until	string	Timestamp when validation will expire. UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date.
.. status	string	Validation status. Possible values: `pending`, `active`
.. verified_contacts	array	List of objects with details about verified contacts for the organization.
.. .. user_id	string	Contact user ID. Returns `"0"` if the verified contact is not a user in your CertCentral account.
.. .. name	string	Contact name.
.. .. first_name	string	Contact first name.
.. .. last_name	string	Contact last name.
.. .. job_title	string	Contact job title.
.. .. telephone	string	Contact telephone number.
.. .. email	string	Contact email address.
.. .. status	string	Contact approval status. Possible values: `pending`, `active`
.. verification_details	object	Object containing the status of each component involved in verifying your certificate request.
.. .. organization_type	string	Status of verification of organization type. Only returned for OV certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. organization_status	string	Status of verification that the business is still active. Returned for OV, code signing, and doc signing certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. address_verification	string	Status of verification of the legal physical address for the organization. Returned for OV, code signing, and doc signing certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. blacklist_fraud	string	Status of verification that the organization doesn’t appear on "do not issue" lists or "bad actor" lists. Returned for EV, OV, doc signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. blacklist_fraud_malware	string	Status of verification that the organization is not a known malware signer. Returned for code signing and EV code signing certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. request_authenticity	string	Status of verification that the certificate requestor has authority to order a certificate for the organization. Only returned for OV certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. operational_existence	string	Status of verification that the organization exists and is operational. Returned for EV, EV code signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. place_of_business_verification	string	Status of verification of the organization’s place of business. Returned for EV, EV code signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. phone_number_verification	string	Status of verification that the phone number given is valid and tied to the organization. Returned for EV, code signing, EV code signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. approver_verification	string	Status of verification that the approver is valid for this organization. Returned for EV, code signing, EV code signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. approver_blacklist	string	Status of verification that the approver doesn’t appear on "do not issue" or "bad actor" lists. Returned for EV, code signing, EV code signing, and VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
.. .. logo_trademark	string	Status of verification that the logo is a registered trademark for the organization on the order. Only returned for VMC certificate orders. Possible values: `pending`, `complete`
dns_name_validations	array	List of objects with validation details for each domain on the order. Returned for EV, OV, DV, and VMC certificate orders.
.. domain_id	string	ID of the domain in your account that must be validated to prove control over the hostname in the `dns_names` array. Returned for OV, EV, and VMC certificate orders.
.. status	string	Validation status. Possible values: `approved`, `unapproved`
.. method	string	DCV method used for the validated domain. Returned for DV, OV, EV, and VMC certificate orders. Note: Only returned for OV, EV, and VMC certificate orders if validation status is `approved`.
.. dns_names	array	List containing the SAN from the certificate order associated with the validation details in the `dns_name_validations` object.
.. approval_expiration_date	string	Date and time validation expires. UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date. Only returned if validation status is `approved`.
.. base_domain	string	Base domain of the hostname in the `dns_names` array.

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Order validation status

Example requests and responses

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