---
title: "Return SSL certificate for private key"
method: GET
path: "/SSL/find_certificates_for_key"
tags: ["SSL", "cPanel Account SSL Management"]
---

# Return SSL certificate for private key

`GET /SSL/find_certificates_for_key`

This function retrieves SSL certificates for a private key.

**Note:**

When you call this function, you **must** include either the `id`
**or** the `friendly_name` parameter.

## Query parameters

- `friendly_name` string
- `id` string

## Response `200`

HTTP Request was successful.

- object
  - `apiversion` integer — The version of the API.
  - `func` string — The name of the method called.
  - `module` string — The name of the module called.
  - `result` object
    - `data` object[]
      - `created` integer — The date the certificate was created.
      - `domains` string[] — A list of the domains that the certificate covers.
      - `ecdsa_curve_name` 'prime256v1' | 'secp384r1', nullable — The ECDSA curve that the certificate's key uses. * `prime256v1` * `secp384r1` * `null` — The certificate's key is **not** an ECDSA key.
      - `ecdsa_public` string, nullable — The certificate's key's ECDSA compressed public point, in hexadecimal format. * `null` — The certificate's key is **not** an ECDSA key.
      - `friendly_name` string — The certificate's friendly name.
      - `id` string — The certificate's ID.
      - `is_self_signed` 1 | 0 — Whether the certificate is self-signed. * `1` — Self-signed. * `0` — Not self-signed.
      - `issuer.commonName` string — The name that issued the certificate.
      - `issuer.organizationName` string — The certificate's organization name.
      - `issuer_text` string — The certificate's issuer information.
      - `key_algorithm` 'rsaEncryption' | 'id-ecPublicKey' — The certificate's key's algorithm. * `rsaEncryption` — RSA. * `id-ecPublicKey` — ECDSA.
      - `modulus` string, nullable — The certificate's key's modulus, in hexadecimal format. * `null` — The certificate's key is **not** an RSA key.
      - `modulus_length` integer, nullable — The length, in bits, of the certificate's key's modulus. * `null` — The certificate's key is **not** an RSA key.
      - `not_after` integer — The date the certificate expired.
      - `not_before` integer — The date the certificate started.
      - `signature_algorithm` string — The certificate's signature OID hash algorithm.
      - `subject.commonName` string — The certificate's Common Name.
      - `subject_text` string — The certificate's subject text information.
      - `validation_type` 'ev' | 'ov' | 'dv', nullable — The certificate's validation type. * `ev` — Extended Validation. * `ov` — Organization Validation. * `dv` — Domain Validation. * `null` — The system could not parse and determine the certificate's validation type.
    - `errors` string[], nullable — List of errors if the API failed.
    - `messages` string[], nullable — List of messages generated by the API.
    - `metadata` object
      - `transformed` 1 — Post-processing may have transformed the data.
    - `status` 1 | 0 — * `1` — Success. * `0` — Failed. Check the `errors` field for more details.
    - `warnings` string[], nullable — List of warnings generated by the API. Warnings describe non-critical failures or other problematic conditions noted while running a API.

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