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Renew

Note

The Digital Certificate calls are deprecated. You need to use calls available at SSL Certificates for new orders

Description

Renews an existing Digital Certificate Order.

Parameters

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Name Data Type Required / Optional Description
auth-userid Integer Required Authentication Parameter
api-key or auth-password String Required Authentication Parameter
order-id Integer Required The Order Id of the Digital Certificate you want to renew.
years Integer Required The number of years for which the certificate is to be renewed.
additional-licenses Integer Required The number of Additional Licenses you want to add for this order.
exp-date Integer Required Current Expiry Date of the Order in epoch time format.
invoice-option String Required This will decide how the Customer Invoice will be handled. Set any of below mentioned Invoice Options for your Customer:
  • NoInvoice: This will not raise any Invoice. The Order will be renewed

  • PayInvoice: This will raise an Invoice and:

    • if there is sufficient balance in the Customer's Debit Account, then the Invoice will be paid and the Order will be renewed.

    • if there is insufficient balance in the Customer's Debit Account, then the Order will remain pending in the system.

     

  • KeepInvoice: This will raise an Invoice for the Customer to pay later. The Order will be Renewed.

  • OnlyAdd: This will raise an Invoice for the Customer to pay later. The Order renewal request will remain pending.

attr-name Map[name] Required Mapping key of the renew details. Refer the description of attr-value.

Following is the list of the expected Atrribute Names:

  • org_name: Organisation Name

  • org_street1: Organization address

  • org_city: Organization city

  • org_state: Organization state

  • org_postalcode: Organization Postal code

  • org_country: Organization two letter ISO-3166 country identifier i.e. country code. (eg. US for United States, IN for India)

  • org_phone: Organization contact Phone number including international country code. (eg. 001 415 12345678)

  • org_fax: Organization contact Fax number including international country code. (eg. 001 415 12345678)

  • admin_firstname: First name of the Admin contact person

  • admin_lastname: Last name of the Admin contact person

  • admin_jobtitle: Admin contact job title

  • admin_telephone: Admin contact telephone number including international country code. (eg 001 415 12345678)

  • admin_email: Admin Contact email address

  • tech_firstname: First name of the technical contact person

  • tech_lastname: Last name of the technical contact person

  • tech_jobtitle: Technical contact job title

  • tech_telephone: Technical contact telephone number including international country code. (eg 001 415 12345678)

  • tech_email: Technical Contact email address

  • approveremail: The approverEmail value (e.g. [email protected]).

    Valid approverEmail values are:

    • One of the registered domain contacts (admin or tech) found in the whois database for the associated domain.

    • Or one of the pre-setup emails listed below. For sub domains an email @domainname.com is also valid

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]

      • [email protected]: Use this as a last resort. This may take several business days when used.

  • software: Web Server software identifier for which the certificate is purchased. Valid Web Server software identifiers are:

    • IIS

    • Other

  • csrString: Base64 encoded CSR string complete with the begin and end markers.

    Example:

    -----BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- MIIBwzCCASwCAQAwgYIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAklOMRQwEgYDVQQIEwtNYWhhcmFzaHRyYTEPMA0GA1UE BxMGTXVtYmFpMRcwFQYDVQQKEw5NYWhlc2ggUHZ0IEx0ZDEYMBYGA1UECxMPUHJpdmF0ZSBDb21w YW55MRkwFwYDVQQDExB2ZXJpZW5yb2xsMDEuY29tMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKB gQCMSw8CmFebNAiyvwG7HJ/bGBqgqZvkNpzQtmtd79id+LcAXbCx5+TDdoTeGhQ33dUC2c2g5dxx N2hqRlR1H+vFR/FeYXC41abfPm5jS3OTQ4J1H/HM6lm4MVVEIQLwjzUxPtsUML5QtBjkolob2VB7 8A9QdDvSEkS+COaMXRSUqQIDAQABoAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEACCpjqsN2ZRjGtPTWp1G+ jHTrgAamxSDrHAddw9mi1IDk1N3ZXgp5gHBZ4L5av+4E6GUhTE5FCLylNxojxMjHnssALFjabqed ufJIj0ay8YSS6fBhXQeVE4oGP96djeheLLigCEAufzWjprr6oA6YRXmwAAdokmpkjyxwrtlNV0I= -----END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

attr-value Map[value] Required

Mapping value of of the renew details. This together with attr-name shall contain of the renew details. For example:

attr-name1=org_name&attr-value1=The organisation Name&attr-name2=org_street1&attr-value2=Organization address

HTTP Method

POST

Example Test URL Request

https://test.httpapi.com/api/digitalcertificate/renew.xml?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&order-id=0&years=1&exp-date=1279012036&invoice-option=NoInvoice&attr-name1=org_name&attr-value1=The organisation Name&attr-name2=org_street1&attr-value2=Organization address

Response

Returns a map of the result of the Renew operation.