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Origin CA Certificates

Create Certificate

origin_ca_certificates.create(OriginCACertificateCreateParams**kwargs) -> OriginCACertificate
POST/certificates

Create an Origin CA certificate. You can use an Origin CA Key as your User Service Key or an API token when calling this endpoint (see above).

Security
User Service Key

Used when interacting with the Origin CA certificates API. View/change your key.

Example:X-Auth-User-Service-Key: v1.0-144c9defac04969c7bfad8ef-631a41d003a32d25fe878081ef365c49503f7fada600da935e2851a1c7326084b85cbf6429c4b859de8475731dc92a9c329631e6d59e6c73da7b198497172b4cefe071d90d0f5d2719
API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
ParametersExpand Collapse
csr: str

The Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Must be newline-encoded.

hostnames: SequenceNotStr[str]

Array of hostnames or wildcard names bound to the certificate. Hostnames must be fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) belonging to zones on your account (e.g., example.com or sub.example.com). Wildcards are supported only as a *. prefix for a single level (e.g., *.example.com). Double wildcards (*.*.example.com) and interior wildcards (foo.*.example.com) are not allowed. The wildcard suffix must be a multi-label domain (*.example.com is valid, but *.com is not). Unicode/IDN hostnames are accepted and automatically converted to punycode.

request_type: CertificateRequestType

Signature type desired on certificate ("origin-rsa" (rsa), "origin-ecc" (ecdsa), or "keyless-certificate" (for Keyless SSL servers).

One of the following:
"origin-rsa"
"origin-ecc"
"keyless-certificate"
requested_validity: Optional[RequestValidity]

The number of days for which the certificate should be valid.

One of the following:
7
30
90
365
730
1095
5475
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class OriginCACertificate: …
csr: str

The Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Must be newline-encoded.

hostnames: List[str]

Array of hostnames or wildcard names bound to the certificate. Hostnames must be fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) belonging to zones on your account (e.g., example.com or sub.example.com). Wildcards are supported only as a *. prefix for a single level (e.g., *.example.com). Double wildcards (*.*.example.com) and interior wildcards (foo.*.example.com) are not allowed. The wildcard suffix must be a multi-label domain (*.example.com is valid, but *.com is not). Unicode/IDN hostnames are accepted and automatically converted to punycode.

request_type: CertificateRequestType

Signature type desired on certificate ("origin-rsa" (rsa), "origin-ecc" (ecdsa), or "keyless-certificate" (for Keyless SSL servers).

One of the following:
"origin-rsa"
"origin-ecc"
"keyless-certificate"
requested_validity: RequestValidity

The number of days for which the certificate should be valid.

One of the following:
7
30
90
365
730
1095
5475
id: Optional[str]

Identifier.

maxLength32
certificate: Optional[str]

The Origin CA certificate. Will be newline-encoded.

expires_on: Optional[str]

When the certificate will expire.

Create Certificate

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    user_service_key=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_USER_SERVICE_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
origin_ca_certificate = client.origin_ca_certificates.create(
    csr="-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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\ndcWYTthM51JIqRBfNqy4QcBnX+GY05yltEEswQI55wdiS3CjTTA67sdbcQ==\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----",
    hostnames=["example.com", "*.example.com", "sub.example.com"],
    request_type="origin-rsa",
)
print(origin_ca_certificate.requested_validity)
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "csr": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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\ndcWYTthM51JIqRBfNqy4QcBnX+GY05yltEEswQI55wdiS3CjTTA67sdbcQ==\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----",
    "hostnames": [
      "example.com",
      "*.example.com",
      "sub.example.com"
    ],
    "request_type": "origin-rsa",
    "requested_validity": 5475,
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\n97Ob1alpHPoZ7mWiEuJwjBPii6a9M9G30nUo39lBi1w=\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "expires_on": "2014-01-01 05:20:00 +0000 UTC"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "csr": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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\ndcWYTthM51JIqRBfNqy4QcBnX+GY05yltEEswQI55wdiS3CjTTA67sdbcQ==\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----",
    "hostnames": [
      "example.com",
      "*.example.com",
      "sub.example.com"
    ],
    "request_type": "origin-rsa",
    "requested_validity": 5475,
    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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\n97Ob1alpHPoZ7mWiEuJwjBPii6a9M9G30nUo39lBi1w=\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----",
    "expires_on": "2014-01-01 05:20:00 +0000 UTC"
  }
}