---
title: "Download certificate"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/certcentral-apis/discovery-api/certificates/download-certificate.html
api_method: GET
api_endpoint: "/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download"
api_url: "https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download?certId=fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff&accountId=126993&divisionId=69748"
---

**GET** `https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download?certId=fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff&accountId=126993&divisionId=69748`

Get the certificate as a .crt file.

## Example requests and responses

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X GET \
  'https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download?certId=fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff&accountId=126993&divisionId=69748' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
  -d '{
    "accountId": "126993",
    "divisionIds": [],
    "certId": [
        "fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff"
    ]
}'
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

url = "https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download"

querystring = {"certId":"fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff","accountId":"126993","divisionId":"69748"}

payload = "{\n    \"accountId\": \"126993\",\n    \"divisionIds\": [],\n    \"certId\": [\n        \"fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff\"\n    ],\n    \"tags\": \"AddTags\"\n}"
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json",
    }

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

print(response.text)
```

**Go**

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download?certId=fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff&accountId=126993&divisionId=69748"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n    \"accountId\": \"126993\",\n    \"divisionIds\": [],\n    \"certId\": [\n        \"fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff\"\n    ],\n    \"tags\": \"AddTags\"\n}")

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

	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))

}
```

**NodeJS**

```javascript
var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/download',
  qs: 
   { certId: 'fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff',
     accountId: '126993',
     divisionId: '69748' },
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' },
  body: 
   { accountId: '126993',
     divisionIds: [],
     certId: [ 'fb92ee3a2fd0cb6549e58c252f8787f467bfbeff' ],
     tags: 'AddTags' },
  json: true };

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

  console.log(body);
});
```


## 200 OK

```json
Certificate is delivered as a .crt file contained in a .zip file.
```

## Request parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Req/Opt</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>accountId</td>
<td>required</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Account ID.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>divisionIds</td>
<td>optional</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>Division IDs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>certId</td>
<td>required</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Unique DigiCert-generated ID for the certificate found on the endpoint. Get the certificate ID from the <a href="https://dev.digicert.com/md/certcentral-apis/discovery-api/certificates/list-certificates.md">List certificates</a> request.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>