---
title: "GET /certificates(thumbprintAlgorithm={thumbprintAlgorithm},thumbprint={thumbprint})"
method: GET
path: "/certificates(thumbprintAlgorithm={thumbprintAlgorithm},thumbprint={thumbprint})"
tags: ["Certificates"]
---

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

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

Gets information about the specified certificate.

## Path parameters

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

## Query parameters

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

## Headers

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

## Response `200`

OK

- Certificate — A certificate that can be installed on compute nodes and can be used to authenticate operations on the machine.
  - `thumbprint` string — The X.509 thumbprint of the certificate. This is a sequence of up to 40 hex digits (it may include spaces but these are removed).
  - `thumbprintAlgorithm` string — The algorithm used to derive the thumbprint. This must be sha1.
  - `url` string — The URL of the certificate.
  - `state` 'active' | 'deleting' | 'deletefailed' — The current state of the certificate.
  - `stateTransitionTime` string, date-time — The time at which the certificate entered its current state.
  - `previousState` 'active' | 'deleting' | 'deletefailed' — The previous state of the certificate. This property is not set if the certificate is in its initial Active state.
  - `previousStateTransitionTime` string, date-time — The time at which the certificate entered its previous state. This property is not set if the certificate is in its initial Active state.
  - `publicData` string — The public part of the certificate as a base-64 encoded .cer file.
  - `deleteCertificateError` DeleteCertificateError — An error encountered by the Batch service when deleting a certificate.
    - `code` string — An identifier for the certificate deletion error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.
    - `message` string — A message describing the certificate deletion error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.
    - `values` NameValuePair[] — A list of additional error details related to the certificate deletion error.
      - `name` string — The name in the name-value pair.
      - `value` string — The value in the name-value pair.

## Other responses

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

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