# Certificate via API

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078>\
**Category:** Pritunl VPN\
**Created:** [May 28, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078 "2024-05-28T13:32:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pogosiandm](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pogosiandm](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/Pogosiandm)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078/1 "2024-05-28T13:32:43Z")

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I want to get certificate from my pritunl server using API. Is this possible?

So that I can access the API, and get the file

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078/3 "2024-06-19T06:03:45Z")

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The SSL certificate would be returned from `GET /settings` or `sudo pritunl get app.server_cert` and `sudo pritunl get app.server_key`.

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**Author:** ![Pogosiandm](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Pogosiandm](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/Pogosiandm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078/4 "2024-06-30T14:10:57Z")

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I’m talking about a certificate for the user. Can I get it through APi?

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/certificate-via-api/2078/5 "2024-07-03T13:35:56Z")

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It can be downloaded with the profile using the path GET `/key/<org_id>/<user_id>.tar`. The certificate cannot be retrieved separately.