domain certificates

Retrieve a certificate private key

Changed on Jul 11, 2025

Gets the PEM-encoded certificate private key.

get/{account}/domains/{domain}/certificates/{certificate}/private_key

Request

Base URL
https://api.dnsimple.com/v2
Auth
- HTTP basic
- or HTTP bearer
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/dnsimple/apis/dnsimple-api/docs/:account/domains/:domain/certificates/:certificate/private_key/get.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Path parameters

accountinteger required

The account id

domainstring required

The domain name or id

certificateinteger required

The certificate id

Response

Successfully retrieved the private key for an issued certificate.

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "private_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nU8blTH/uqpR2pSC6whzJ/lnSdqHUqhyp00000000000000000000\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
  }
}

Changes

Jul 11, 2025v206780be0ef17 Revision changes
- info
  the response property became required for the status
- info
  the response property / became required for the status
- info
  the response property became required for the status
Jul 18, 2023v2c8591dcf8c29 Revision changes
- breaking
  the response property became optional for the status
- breaking
  the response property / became optional for the status
- breaking
  the response property became optional for the status

Operation history