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ApplyCertificate

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Last updated: 2025-10-30 21:55:53

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: ssl.intl.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to apply for a free certificate.

A maximum of 10 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name Required Type Description
Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: ApplyCertificate.
Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2019-12-05.
Region No String Common Params. This parameter is not required for this API.
DvAuthMethod Yes String Certificate domain validation methods:

DNS_AUTO: Automatically add domain DNS validation. Requires the user's domain to be hosted on 'Cloud DNS' and associated with the same Tencent Cloud account as the certificate application.

DNS: Manually add domain DNS validation. Requires the user to manually add the validation value at their domain's DNS service provider.

FILE: Manually add domain file validation. Requires the user to manually add a specified path file in the root directory of the domain site for file validation. Either HTTP or HTTPS validation will suffice; the domain site must be accessible by overseas CA institutions. The specific access whitelist is: 64.78.193.238, 216.168.247.9, 216.168.249.9, 54.189.196.217.
DomainName Yes String The domain bound to the certificate.
ProjectId No Integer The project ID associated with the certificate. Default is 0 (default project)
PackageType No String Certificate type, optional, currently only type 83 is supported. 83 = trustasia c1 dv free.
ContactEmail No String The email associated with the certificate order, By default, it uses the Tencent Cloud account email. If it does not exist, a fixed email address will be used.
ContactPhone No String The mobile phone number associated with the certificate. If it does not exist, a fixed mobile phone number will be used.
ValidityPeriod No String Certificate valid period, 3 months by default, currently only 3 months is supported.
CsrEncryptAlgo No String Encryption algorithm, values can be ECC or RSA, default is RSA.
CsrKeyParameter No String Key pair parameters. RSA supports only 2048. ECC supports only prime256v1. When the encryption algorithm is set to ECC, this parameter is mandatory.
CsrKeyPassword No String Private key password, currently only used when generating jks, pfx format certificates; private key certificates of other formats are not encrypted.
Alias No String Certificate alias.
OldCertificateId No String Old certificate id, used for certificate renewal (the certificate valid period is within 30 days and not expired), a renewal relationship will be established, which can be hosted; not providing it means applying for a new certificate.
PackageId No String Benefit package ID, used for free certificate expansion package, the free certificate expansion package has been discontinued.
DeleteDnsAutoRecord No Boolean Whether to delete the automatic domain name verification record after issuance, which is fasle by default. This parameter can be passed in only for domain names of the DNS_AUTO verification type.
DnsNames.N No Array of String Other domains bound to the certificate, to be opened. This parameter is not currently supported.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
CertificateId String The newly applied certificate id.
RequestId String The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Applying for a free certificate

This example shows you how to apply for a free certificate.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ssl.intl.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: ApplyCertificate
<Common request parameters>

{
    "DvAuthMethod": "DNS_AUTO",
    "DomainName": "wgc.red"
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "CertificateId": "a9TsmZkL",
        "RequestId": "0b39eaa4-f938-476d-9b26-19fb07b80936"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

Command Line Interface

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code Description
FailedOperation Operation failed.
FailedOperation.AuthError You do not have permission to perform this operation.
FailedOperation.CancelOrderFailed Failed to cancel the order.
FailedOperation.CannotBeDeletedIssued Failed to delete the certificate because it has been issued.
FailedOperation.CannotBeDeletedWithinHour Free certificates cannot be deleted within 1 hour after being applied for.
FailedOperation.CannotGetOrder Failed to get order information. Try again later.
FailedOperation.CertificateInvalid The certificate is invalid.
FailedOperation.CertificateMismatch The certificate and the private key do not match.
FailedOperation.CertificateNotFound The certificate does not exist.
FailedOperation.ExceedsFreeLimit The number of free certificates exceeds the maximum value.
FailedOperation.InvalidCertificateStatusCode The certificate status is incorrect.
FailedOperation.InvalidParam Incorrect parameters.
FailedOperation.MainDomainCertificateCountLimit The number of free certificates applied for under the primary domain name (%s) has reached the upper limit of %s. Please purchase a paid certificate.
FailedOperation.NetworkError The CA system is busy. Try again later.
FailedOperation.NoProjectPermission You do not have the permission to operate on this project.
FailedOperation.NoRealNameAuth You have not completed the identity verification.
FailedOperation.OrderAlreadyReplaced This order has already been replaced.
FailedOperation.OrderReplaceFailed Failed to reissue a certificate.
FailedOperation.PackageCountLimit The remaining benefit points are insufficient.
FailedOperation.PackageExpired The benefit package has expired.
FailedOperation.PackageNotFound The benefit package does not exist.
InternalError Internal error.
InvalidParameter The parameter is incorrect.
InvalidParameter.PackageIdsInvalid The list of benefit point IDs is invalid.

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