ACM / Client / get_certificate

get_certificate#

ACM.Client.get_certificate(**kwargs)#

Retrieves a certificate and its certificate chain. The certificate may be either a public or private certificate issued using the ACM RequestCertificate action, or a certificate imported into ACM using the ImportCertificate action. The chain consists of the certificate of the issuing CA and the intermediate certificates of any other subordinate CAs. All of the certificates are base64 encoded. You can use OpenSSL to decode the certificates and inspect individual fields.

Request Syntax

response = client.get_certificate(
    CertificateArn='string'
)

Parameters:

CertificateArn (string) –

[REQUIRED]

String that contains a certificate ARN in the following format:

arn:aws:acm:region:123456789012:certificate/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012

For more information about ARNs, see Amazon Resource Names (ARNs).

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'Certificate': 'string',
    'CertificateChain': 'string'
}

Response Structure

(dict) –
- Certificate (string) –
  
  The ACM-issued certificate corresponding to the ARN specified as input.
- CertificateChain (string) –
  
  Certificates forming the requested certificate’s chain of trust. The chain consists of the certificate of the issuing CA and the intermediate certificates of any other subordinate CAs.

Exceptions

ACM.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException
ACM.Client.exceptions.RequestInProgressException
ACM.Client.exceptions.InvalidArnException