---
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, 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 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.

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