---
title: "Gets information about the specified Certificate."
method: GET
path: "/certificates(thumbprintAlgorithm={thumbprintAlgorithm},thumbprint={thumbprint})"
tags: ["Certificates"]
deprecated: true
---

# Gets information about the specified Certificate.

`GET /certificates(thumbprintAlgorithm={thumbprintAlgorithm},thumbprint={thumbprint})`

> **Deprecated.**

Warning: This operation is deprecated and will be removed after February, 2024. Please use the [Azure KeyVault Extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/batch/batch-certificate-migration-guide) instead.

## Path parameters

- `thumbprintAlgorithm` string, required
- `thumbprint` string, required

## Query parameters

- `$select` string
- `timeout` integer
- `api-version` string, required

## Headers

- `client-request-id` string, uuid
- `return-client-request-id` boolean
- `ocp-date` string, date-time-rfc1123

## Response `200`

A response containing the Certificate.

- Certificate — A Certificate that can be installed on Compute Nodes and can be used to authenticate operations on the machine.
  - `thumbprint` string
  - `thumbprintAlgorithm` string
  - `url` string
  - `state` 'active' | 'deleting' | 'deletefailed'
  - `stateTransitionTime` string, date-time
  - `previousState` 'active' | 'deleting' | 'deletefailed'
  - `previousStateTransitionTime` string, date-time — This property is not set if the Certificate is in its initial Active state.
  - `publicData` string
  - `deleteCertificateError` DeleteCertificateError
    - `code` string
    - `message` string
    - `values` NameValuePair[] — This list includes details such as the active Pools and Compute Nodes referencing this Certificate. However, if a large number of resources reference the Certificate, the list contains only about the first hundred.
      - `name` string
      - `value` string

## Other responses

- `default` — The error from the Batch service.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** `9eab2e127cd6` — 1 info
  - endpoint deprecated

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/batch-batch/changes/certificates%28thumbprintAlgorithm=:thumbprintAlgorithm,thumbprint=:thumbprint%29/get.md)

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