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Create AuthKey

POST https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/auth-key

Use this endpoint to create an AuthKey (without a validity period) for your DigiCert CertCentral® account. The same AuthKey can be used for all your DV certificate orders.

Notice

If you attempt to create an AuthKey (without a validity period) and an AuthKey is already in use, a 400 Bad Request is returned with the auth_key_exists_for_account error.

Additionally, you can create AuthKeys with a defined validity period, often referred to as Time-to-Live (TTL) AuthKeys. It is possible to create multiple such AuthKeys, with a minimum validity of 1 day and no upper limit on the maximum duration. To create TTL AuthKeys, use the following method and URL:

POST https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/account/auth-key/{days}

Example requests and responses

Response parameters

Name

Type

Description

auth_key_id

string

ID of the created AuthKey.

auth_key

string

Your CertCentral account's AuthKey.

expiration_datetime

string

UTC timestamp (ISO 8601 format) representing the expiration date and time of the AuthKey.

Note: expiration_datetime parameter is not included in the response if you create an AuthKey without a validity period. Time-to-Live (TTL) AuthKeys include the expiration_datetime parameter to specify their expiration timestamp.