---
title: "Retrieve an Existing Certificate"
method: GET
path: "/v2/certificates/{certificate_id}"
tags: ["DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Certificates"]
---

# Retrieve an Existing Certificate

`GET /v2/certificates/{certificate_id}`

To show information about an existing certificate, send a GET request to `/v2/certificates/$CERTIFICATE_ID`.

## Path parameters

- `certificate_id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The response will be a JSON object with a `certificate` key. This will be set to an object containing the standard certificate attributes.

- object
  - `certificate` Certificate
    - `id` string, uuid — A unique ID that can be used to identify and reference a certificate.
    - `name` string — A unique human-readable name referring to a certificate.
    - `not_after` string, date-time — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents the certificate's expiration date.
    - `sha1_fingerprint` string — A unique identifier generated from the SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate.
    - `created_at` string, date-time — A time value given in ISO8601 combined date and time format that represents when the certificate was created.
    - `dns_names` string[] — An array of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for which the certificate was issued.
    - `state` 'pending' | 'verified' | 'error' — A string representing the current state of the certificate. It may be `pending`, `verified`, or `error`.
    - `type` 'custom' | 'lets_encrypt' — A string representing the type of the certificate. The value will be `custom` for a user-uploaded certificate or `lets_encrypt` for one automatically generated with Let's Encrypt.

## Other responses

- `401` — Authentication failed due to invalid credentials.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `429` — The API rate limit has been exceeded.
- `500` — There was a server error.
- `default` — There was an unexpected error.

## Changes

- **2025-10-16** `cb3bf9b21459` — 2 info
  - api tag `DigitalOcean-public.v2-new_Certificates` added
  - api tag `Certificates` removed
- **2025-07-18** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-07-17** `5fc9af728e82` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2025-07-17** `f8e8c290636c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/digitalocean/apis/digitalocean-api/changes/v2/certificates/:certificate_id/get.md)

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