This page describes products with the code_signing_certificate
group name (see Glossary – Product identifiers).
Use this endpoint to submit a request to create an order for a code signing certificate. In the endpoint path, replace code_signing_certificate_id
with the ID of the certificate you want to order. See Path parameters for allowed values.
Before you begin
Before using this endpoint, we recommend that you first create the organization and then submit the organization for validation. When submitting the organization for validation, use a validation
object with a type
value of cs
in your request. Then, when you request your code signing certificate, use the existing organization ID instead of submitting new organization details with the request.
This ensures that you are using an existing organization with the proper validation type. Otherwise, the organization on the order will be outside the proper workflow for code signing validation, which may delay certificate issuance.
Industry moved to RSA 3072-bit key minimum for code signing certificates
To comply with industry changes, DigiCert has made the following changes to our code signing certificate process:
eToken and HSM changes
DigiCert supports two eTokens:
HSM must:
*Note: All existing 2048-bit key code signing certificates issued before June 1, 2021 will remain active. You can continue to use these certificates to sign code until they expire.
Learn more about the change to 3072-bit key code signing certificates.
curl -X POST \
'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{code_signing_certificate_id}}' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-DC-DEVKEY: {{api_key}}' \
-d '{
"certificate": {
"server_platform": {
"id": 52
},
"signature_hash": "sha256"
},
"cs_provisioning_method": "ship_token",
"order_validity": {
"years": 1
},
"comments": "Message for the approver",
"skip_approval": true,
"organization": {
"id": 123456
},
"ship_info": {
"name": "Erin Guerra",
"addr1": "360 Taylor Street",
"addr2": "Floor 74",
"city": "Richmond",
"state": "va",
"zip": "69662",
"country": "us",
"method": "EXPEDITED"
},
"auto_renew": 1,
"custom_renewal_message": "Renew this please.",
"custom_fields": [
{
"metadata_id": 12,
"value": "123456"
}
],
"payment_method": "balance"
}'
import requests
url = "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{code_signing_certificate_id}}"
payload = "{\n \"certificate\": {\n \"server_platform\": {\n \"id\": 52\n },\n \"signature_hash\": \"sha256\"\n },\n \"cs_provisioning_method\": \"ship_token\",\n \"order_validity\": {\n \"years\": 1\n },\n \"comments\": \"Message for the approver\",\n \"skip_approval\": true,\n \"organization\": {\n \"id\": 123456\n },\n \"container\": {\n \"id\": 654321\n },\n \"ship_info\": {\n \"name\": \"Erin Guerra\",\n \"addr1\": \"360 Taylor Street\",\n \"addr2\": \"Floor 74\",\n \"city\": \"Richmond\",\n \"state\": \"va\",\n \"zip\": \"69662\",\n \"country\": \"us\",\n \"method\": \"EXPEDITED\"\n },\n \"auto_renew\": 1,\n \"custom_renewal_message\": \"Renew this please.\",\n \"custom_fields\": [\n {\n \"metadata_id\": 12,\n \"value\": \"123456\"\n }\n ],\n \"payment_method\": \"balance\"\n}"
headers = {
'X-DC-DEVKEY': "{{api_key}}",
'Content-Type': "application/json"
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
url := "https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{code_signing_certificate_id}}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"certificate\": {\n \"server_platform\": {\n \"id\": 52\n },\n \"signature_hash\": \"sha256\"\n },\n \"cs_provisioning_method\": \"ship_token\",\n \"order_validity\": {\n \"years\": 1\n },\n \"comments\": \"Message for the approver\",\n \"skip_approval\": true,\n \"organization\": {\n \"id\": 123456\n },\n \"container\": {\n \"id\": 654321\n },\n \"ship_info\": {\n \"name\": \"Erin Guerra\",\n \"addr1\": \"360 Taylor Street\",\n \"addr2\": \"Floor 74\",\n \"city\": \"Richmond\",\n \"state\": \"va\",\n \"zip\": \"69662\",\n \"country\": \"us\",\n \"method\": \"EXPEDITED\"\n },\n \"auto_renew\": 1,\n \"custom_renewal_message\": \"Renew this please.\",\n \"custom_fields\": [\n {\n \"metadata_id\": 12,\n \"value\": \"123456\"\n }\n ],\n \"payment_method\": \"balance\"\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))
}
var request = require("request");
var options = { method: 'POST',
url: 'https://www.digicert.com/services/v2/order/certificate/{{code_signing_certificate_id}}',
headers:
{ 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-DC-DEVKEY': '{{api_key}}' },
body:
{ certificate:
{ server_platform: { id: 52 },
signature_hash: 'sha256' },
cs_provisioning_method: 'ship_token',
order_validity: { years: 1 },
comments: 'Message for the approver',
skip_approval: true,
organization: { id: 123456 },
container: { id: 654321 },
ship_info:
{ name: 'Erin Guerra',
addr1: '360 Taylor Street',
addr2: 'Floor 74',
city: 'Richmond',
state: 'va',
zip: '69662',
country: 'us',
method: 'EXPEDITED' },
auto_renew: 1,
custom_renewal_message: 'Renew this please.',
custom_fields: [ { metadata_id: 12, value: '123456' } ],
payment_method: 'balance' },
json: true };
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(body);
});
{
"id": 112233,
"requests": [
{
"id": 113,
"status": "pending"
}
]
}
{
"id": 112233,
"requests": [
{
"id": 113,
"status": "submitted"
}
]
}
{
"id": 112233,
"requests": [
{
"id": 113,
"status": "approved"
}
],
"certificate_id": 113
}
Name | Req/Opt | Description |
---|---|---|
code_signing_certificate_id | required |
Product identifier of the code signing certificate you want to order. Allowed values:
|
Parameters with an asterisk (*) are used only for EV code signing orders.
Name | Req/Opt | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
certificate | required | object | Certificate details. |
.. csr | conditional | string |
Certificate signing request (CSR).
Note: The Services API does not extract information from the CSR to fill in the details of a certificate request. You must provide values for all relevant request parameters, including organization.id . If you are creating a new organization with your certificate request, you must provide values for all required parameters of the organization object.
|
.. signature_hash | required | string |
Hash algorithm used to signing the certificate. Allowed values: sha256
|
.. server_platform | required* | object |
Server platform type. *Required if cs_provisioning_method is client_app or not provided.
|
.. .. id | required | int |
Server platform ID. Allowed values: See Glossary - Code signing certificates. For EV code signing certificate orders, see Glossary - EV Code signing certificates. |
.. organization_units | optional | array | Department in your organization associated with the certificate. |
auto_renew | optional | int | Number of times the certificate should renew automatically. |
additional_emails | optional | array | Additional email addresses to receive certificate notification emails (e.g., certificate issuance, duplicate certificate, certificate renewals, etc.). |
renewal_of_order_id | optional | int | If order is a renewal, enter the previous order's ID. |
skip_approval | optional | bool |
Specify if the order should skip the certificate request approval step and be immediately submitted for validation and issued when complete. Default: false . The skip_approval option skips only the approval step (for example, from your organization), but does not skip the validation step required by Digicert for a certificate.
|
organization | required | object |
Object with information about the organization to associate with the request. You can associate the request with an existing organization, or you can create a new organization when you submit the order request. To associate the request with an existing organization, pass the ID of the organization as the value of organization.id in the body of your request. To create a new organization, include the details of the organization in the organization object. For more information about the structure and required parameters of the organization object, see the Create organization documentation.Note: When you submit an order with organization details instead of providing an organization ID, we check the organizations that already exist in your account to avoid creating a duplicate.
organization.skip_duplicate_org_check parameter to true in the body of your request.Important: When you want to associate an order with an existing organization, we recommend always using the ID of the organization instead of the organization's details in the body of your request. To get the ID values for organizations in your account, use the List organizations endpoint. Additionally, we recommend deactivating unused organizations to ensure they are never accidentally assigned to a new order request. To deactivate an organization, use the Deactivate organization endpoint. |
.. id | required* | int |
The ID of an existing organization to associate with the order. To get the ID of organizations in your account, use the List organizations endpoint. *Not required if you are creating a new organization with your request. |
.. skip_duplicate_org_check | optional | bool |
Use true to skip the check for duplicate organizations in your account. When you skip this check, you force the request to create a new organization, regardless of whether the details you provide in the request match the details of an organization that already exists in your account. Default: false
|
container | optional | object | If needed, specify the container the order should be placed under. |
.. id | required | int | Container ID. |
order_validity | required | object | Defines the validity period of the certificate and order. |
.. years | required* | int |
Number of years the certificate and order are valid. *Can be replaced by order_validity.days or order_validity.custom_expiration_date .Range: 1 -3
|
.. days | optional | int |
Number of days the certificate and order are valid. Overrides order_validity.years .
|
.. custom_expiration_date | optional | string |
Custom expiration date for the certificate and order. Overrides order_validity.days and order_validity.years .Format: dd MMM YYYY (for example, "09 JUN 2025" )
|
validity_years | optional | int |
Number of years the certificate and order are valid. Deprecated. Use the order_validity object to set the validity period of the certificate and order.Allowed values: 1 - 3
|
custom_expiration_date | optional | string |
Custom expiration date for the certificate and order. Deprecated. Use the order_validity object to set the validity period of the certificate and order.Overrides validity_years Format: yyyy-MM-dd
|
cs_provisioning_method* | required* | string |
For EV code signing certificates, specify how you want to receive the token. See Glossary – Provisioning methods *Required for EV code signing certificates. |
ship_info* | optional | object | For EV code signing certificates, specify the shipping address for the token. |
.. name | required | string | Name of the recipient. |
.. addr1 | required | string | Shipping address for the token. |
.. addr2 | optional | string | |
.. city | required | string | Shipping city. |
.. state | required | string | Shipping state. |
.. zip | required | string | Shipping postal code. |
.. country | required | string | Shipping country. |
.. method | required | string |
Shipping priority for the token. Allowed values: STANDARD , EXPEDITED (incurs added cost)
|
subject | optional | object | Object containing subject details. |
optional | string |
Subject email address. Must have a validated domain. The Services API only supports the subject.email field for OV code signing certificates (code_signing ). We ignore this field in order requests for EV code signing certificates (code_signing_ev ).
|
|
custom_fields | optional* | object |
Account-specific custom fields. *Whether or not these fields are required depends on your custom field settings. |
.. metadata_id | required | int | Custom field ID. |
.. value | required | string |
Value for the custom field. Data validation type depends on your custom field settings. |
payment_method | optional | string |
Payment method for the order. Allowed values:
|
credit_card | conditional | object |
Object with information about the credit card charged for the order. Required if payment_method is card .
|
.. number | required | string | Credit card number. |
.. expiration_month | required | integer |
Credit card expiration month. Format as a two-digit number between 01 (Jan) and 12 (Dec).
|
.. expiration_year | required | integer |
Credit card expiration year. Format as a four-digit number. For example: 2026
|
.. cvv | required | integer |
Card verification value (CVV). Format as a three- or four-digit number. For example: 333 or 4444
|
.. cardholder_name | required | string | Cardholder’s first and last name. |
billing_address | conditional | object |
Object with information about the billing address. Required if payment_method is card .
|
.. address | required | string | Billing street address. |
.. address2 | optional | string | Continuation of street address. |
.. city | required | string | Billing city. |
.. state | conditional | string | Billing state or province. Optional for some countries. |
.. country | required | string | Billing country. |
.. zip | conditional | string | Billing zip or postal code. Optional for some countries. |
alternative_order_id | optional | string |
A custom alphanumeric ID to assign the order. To see the alternative_order_id assigned to an order, use the Order info endpoint.Alternative order IDs do not replace the unique order ID that DigiCert assigns each order request. You cannot use alternative order IDs to search for or identify orders in API calls that require an order_id parameter in the URL path or request body.If the Require unique alternative order IDs option is enabled in your account settings, you cannot submit order requests with an alternative order ID that is already assigned to an order in your account. Use this feature to enable nonce order requests, or to prevent your integration from creating duplicate orders in cases where you do not receive a response from the API. Account administrators can toggle this option from the CertCentral console. From the Settings > Preferences page, open the Advanced Settings menu, and look for the Alternative order ID option. This parameter is always optional, even if the Require unique alternative order IDs option is enabled in your account. If a request does not use this parameter, no alternative_order_id value is assigned to the order.Maximum length: 64 characters Note: The Require unique alternative order IDs option may not appear in the advanced settings menu for all CertCentral accounts. To enable this option for your account, contact your account manager or our Support team. |
enable_guest_access | optional | int |
Whether to enable guest access for the order. This parameter is not allowed if guest access is disabled in your account settings. Allowed values: 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled)Default: The default configuration for new orders is determined by your account settings. Account administrators can change these settings from the Guest Access page in the CertCentral console. |
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id | int | Order ID. |
organization | object |
Container for new organization details. Only returned if a new organization was created with the order. |
.. id | int | Organization ID for the new organization. |
requests | array | Contains information about the request. |
.. id | int | Request ID. |
.. status | string |
Request status. Possible values: pending , submitted , approved , rejected
|
certificate_id | int |
Certificate ID. Returned if request status is approved .
|