---
title: "Validation details"
source_url: https://dev.digicert.com/certcentral-apis/services-api/organizations/validation-details.html
api_method: GET
api_endpoint: "/services/v2/organization/{{organization_id}}/validation"
api_url: "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/organization/{{organization_id}}/validation"
---

**GET** `https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/organization/{{organization_id}}/validation`

Use this endpoint to get validation details for an organization.


> **Info**
>
> **Organization validation reuse periods will decrease to 397 days**
>
> Due to industry-wide changes, the organization validation reuse period will continue to shorten over time. Starting February 24, 2026, the maximum organization validation reuse period will be 397 days. For existing pre-validated organization, the new expiration date must be calculated as the last validation date + 397 days. For more information, see <a href="http://knowledge.digicert.com/alerts/public-ov-tls-org-val-reuse-changes-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Organization validation reuse changes for public OV TLS certificates in 2026</a>.


## Example requests and responses

**cURL**

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

**Python**

```python
import requests

url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/organization/{{organization_id}}/validation"

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

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

print(response.text)
```

**Go**

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/organization/{{organization_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))

}
```

**NodeJS**

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

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/organization/{{organization_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);
});
```


## 200 OK

```json
{
  "validations": [
    {
      "type": "ov",
      "name": "OV",
      "description": "Normal Organization Validation",
      "date_created": "2018-10-09T19:29:02+00:00",
      "validated_until": "2019-11-09T20:28:55+00:00",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "type": "ev",
      "name": "EV",
      "description": "Extended Organization Validation (EV)",
      "status": "pending",
      "verified_users": [
        {
          "id": 12,
          "first_name": "John",
          "last_name": "Smith"
        },
        {
          "id": 9,
          "first_name": "Destinee",
          "last_name": "Church"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response parameters

<table class="params-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>validations</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>List of approved validation types for the organization.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. type</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Validation type identifier. See Glossary – Validation types.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Name of the validation type.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. description</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Description of the validation type.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. date_created</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Timestamp of when the organization was validated.<br>Format: UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. validated_until</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Timestamp of when the validation status will expire.<br>Format: UTC timezone and ISO 8601 date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. status</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Status of the validation.<br>Possible values: See Glossary – Organization validation statuses.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. verified_users</td>
<td>array</td>
<td>List of users that have been verified for the particular validation type.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. id</td>
<td>int</td>
<td>User ID.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. first_name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>First name of user.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>.. .. last_name</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Last name of user.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>