Validation types

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GET https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain/validation-type

Use this endpoint to list available validation types for domains.

Note

Domain validation reuse periods will continue to decrease

Due to industry-wide changes, the domain validation reuse period will continue to shorten over time. Starting February 24, 2026, the maximum domain validation reuse period will be 199 days. For existing pre-validated domains, the new expiration date must be calculated as the last validation date + 199 days. By 2029, the domain validation reuse period will be reduced to 10 days. For more information, see Domain validation reuse changes in 2026.

Example requests and responses

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

import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain/validation-type"

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

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

print(response.text)

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/domain/validation-type"

	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/domain/validation-type',
  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

{
    "validation_types": [
        {
            "type": "ov",
            "name": "OV",
            "description": "Normal Organization Validation",
            "requires_user": false,
            "requires_dcv": true
        },
        {
            "type": "ev",
            "name": "EV",
            "description": "Extended Organization Validation (EV)",
            "requires_user": true,
            "requires_dcv": true
        }
    ]
}