---
title: "Get certificate chain details"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/certcentral-apis/discovery-api/certificates/get-certificate-chain-details.html
api_method: POST
api_endpoint: "/apicontroller/v1/certificate/getCertChainDetails"
api_url: "https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/getCertChainDetails"
---

**POST** `https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/getCertChainDetails`

Get intermediate CA and other certificate chain information associated with a specific certificate.

## Example requests and responses

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST \
  https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/getCertChainDetails \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
-d '{
    "accountId": "126993",
    "certChainId": "4852981",
    "divisionId": "69748"
}'
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

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

payload = "{\n    \"accountId\": \"126993\",\n    \"certChainId\": \"4852981\",\n    \"divisionId\": \"69748\"\n}"
headers = {
    'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
    'Content-Type': "application/json",
    }

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

print(response.text)
```

**Go**

```go
package main

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

func main() {

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

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n    \"accountId\": \"126993\",\n    \"certChainId\": \"4852981\",\n    \"divisionId\": \"69748\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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: 'POST',
  url: 'https://daas.digicert.com/apicontroller/v1/certificate/getCertChainDetails',
  headers: 
   { 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' },
  body: 
   { accountId: '126993',
     certChainId: '4852981',
     divisionId: 69748 },
  json: true };

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

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


## 200 OK

```json
{
    "data": {
        "certChainDetailsList": [
            {
                "certDetailsList": [
                    {
                        "status": "Valid",
                        "expirationDate": 2145916799000,
                        "keyAlgorithm": "RSA2048",
                        "algorithmType": "SHA256withRSA",
                        "issueDate": 1251763200000,
                        "issuerDN": "CN=DigiCert Root Certificate Authority - G2, O=\"DigiCert Inc.\", L=Citytown, ST=Arizona, C=US",
                        "subject": "CN=DigiCert Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=DigiCert \\, Inc.,L=Citytown,ST=Arizona,C=US(root)",
                        "errors": null
                    },
                    {
                        "status": "Valid",
                        "expirationDate": 1935558000000,
                        "keyAlgorithm": "RSA2048",
                        "algorithmType": "SHA256withRSA",
                        "issueDate": 1304406000000,
                        "issuerDN": "CN=DigiCert Root Certificate Authority - G2, O=\"DigiCert Inc.\", L=Citytown, ST=Arizona, C=US",
                        "subject": "CN=DigiCert Secure Certificate Authority - G2,OU=http://certs.digi.com/repository/,O=DigiCert\\, Inc.,L=CitytownST=Arizona,C=US(intermediate)",
                        "errors": null
                    },
                    {
                        "status": "Valid",
                        "expirationDate": 1575457523000,
                        "keyAlgorithm": "RSA2048",
                        "algorithmType": "SHA256withRSA",
                        "issueDate": 1503317044000,
                        "issuerDN": "CN=DigiCert Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.digi.com/repository/, O=\"DigiCert Inc.\", L=CitytownST=Arizona, C=US",
                        "subject": "CN=*.flipkart.com,OU=Domain Control Validated(end-entity)",
                        "errors": null
                    }
                ],
                "overallStatus": "Primary Chain (Valid)",
                "isAdditionalCertChain": null,
                "isValidChain": true
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

## 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>certChainId</td>
<td>required</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Certificate chain ID. Get the certificate chain ID from the [View endpoint rating](https://dev.digicert.com/md/certcentral-apis/discovery-api/certificates/view-endpoint-rating.md) request.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

## Response parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>data</td>
<td>object</td>
<td>Container.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. certChainDetailsList</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>Certificate chain details container.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. certDetailsList</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>Certificate chain details container.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. status</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Status.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. expirationDate</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Expiration date.<br><strong>Format:</strong>epoch in millisecond.<br>Epoch corresponds to 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds (00:00:00) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on a specific date, which varies from system to system.<br><strong>Example: <code>1855828800000</code></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. keyAlgorithm</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Encryption algorithm.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. algorithmType</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>SHA type.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. issueDate</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Issuing date.<br><strong>Format:</strong>epoch in millisecond.<br>Epoch corresponds to 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds (00:00:00) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on a specific date, which varies from system to system.<br><strong>Example: <code>1855828800000</code></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. issuerDN</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Issuer name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. subject</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Certificate subject.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. .. errors</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>Error messages.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. overallStatus</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Overall status.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. isAdditionalCertChain</td>
<td>bool</td>
<td>Whether a certificate other than the expected certificate chain is discovered.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. isValidChain</td>
<td>bool</td>
<td>Whether chain is valid.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>