The GET /CSRGeneration/Pending/{id} method is used to return a generated CSR
A CSR or certificate signing request is a block of encoded text that is submitted to a CA when enrolling for a certificate. When you generate a CSR within Keyfactor Command, the matching private key for it is stored in Keyfactor Command in encrypted format and will be married with the certificate once returned from the CA. with the defined ID that has not yet been enrolled. This method returns HTTP 200 OK on a success with the CSR in PEM A PEM format certificate file is a base64-encoded certificate. Since it's presented in ASCII, you can open it in any text editor. PEM certificates always begin and end with entries like ---- BEGIN CERTIFICATE---- and ----END CERTIFICATE----. PEM certificates can contain a single certificate or a full certifiate chain and may contain a private key. In general, extensions of .cer and .crt are certificate files with no private key, .key is a separate private key file, and .pem is both a certificate and private key. format. This method does not return the parsed subject name or CSR request time. If you need that information, use the GET /CSRGeneration/Pending method (see GET CSR Generation Pending).
Table 401: GET CSR Generation Pending {id} Input Parameters
| Name | In | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | Path | Required. The ID of the CSR that should be retrieved. |
Table 402: GET CSR Generation Pending {id} Response Data
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CSRFilePath |
The proposed file name for the CSR file. This is considered deprecated and may be removed in a future release. |
| CSR | The text of the CSR in PEM format. |
An API is a set of functions to allow creation of applications. Keyfactor offers the Keyfactor API, which allows third-party software to integrate with the advanced certificate enrollment and management features of Keyfactor Command. endpoints can be called and results returned. It is intended to be used primarily for validation, testing and workflow A workflow is a series of steps necessary to complete a process. In Keyfactor Command, it refers to the workflow builder, which allows you to automate event-driven tasks such as when a certificate is requested, revoked or found in a certificate store. development. It also serves secondarily as documentation for the API. The link to the Keyfactor API Reference and Utility is in the dropdown from the help icon (
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