API Reference

Zero Trust

Access

SAML Certificates

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Download current certificate in PEM format

GET/accounts/{account_id}/access/saml_certificates/{saml_cert_set_id}/pem

Downloads the current SAML encryption certificate’s public key in PEM format for the specified certificate set. This endpoint is useful for providing the certificate to Identity Providers for SAML assertion encryption configuration.

Security

API Token

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

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

saml_cert_set_id: string

UUID.

maxLength36

Download current certificate in PEM format

HTTP

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/access/saml_certificates/$SAML_CERT_SET_ID/pem \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"

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