---
title: "Retrieves an ephemeral certificate"
method: GET
path: "/current-api-session/certificates/{id}"
tags: ["Current API Session"]
---

# Retrieves an ephemeral certificate

`GET /current-api-session/certificates/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.ziti.dev/edge/client/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.ziti.dev/edge/client/v1/current-api-session/certificates/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `zt-session`
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/oidc/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/oidc/token` scopes: `openid`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openziti/apis/ziti-edge-client/docs/current-api-session/certificates/:id/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Retrieves a single ephemeral certificate by id

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

A response containing a single API Session certificate

- DetailCurrentApiSessionCertificateEnvelope
  - `data` CurrentApiSessionCertificateDetail, required: Fields shared by all Edge API entities
    - `_links` object, required: A map of named links
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `tags` Tags
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `certificate` string, required
    - `fingerprint` string, required
    - `subject` string, required
    - `validFrom` string, date-time, required
    - `validTo` string, date-time, required
  - `meta` Meta, required
    - `apiEnrollmentVersion` string
    - `apiVersion` string
    - `filterableFields` string[]
    - `pagination` Pagination
      - `limit` number, required
      - `offset` number, required
      - `totalCount` number, required

## Other responses

- `401`: The supplied session does not have the correct access rights to request this resource
- `404`: The requested resource does not exist
- `429`: The resource requested is rate limited and the rate limit has been exceeded
- `503`: The request could not be completed due to the server being busy or in a temporarily bad state

## Changes

- **2026-10-14** `f7b51eaafbbb`: 1 breaking
  - the response property `data/allOf[#/components/schemas/baseEntity]/tags` became nullable for the status `200`
- **2025-01-24** `19dfd92f02a2`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`
- **2024-05-29** `cce2800c1357`: 4 warning, 1 info
  - the optional response header `WWW-Authenticate` removed for the status `200`
  - the optional response header `WWW-Authenticate` removed for the status `401`
  - the optional response header `WWW-Authenticate` removed for the status `404`
  - the optional response header `WWW-Authenticate` removed for the status `429`
  - …1 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/openziti/apis/ziti-edge-client/changes/current-api-session/certificates/:id/get.md)

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