NOTE: You can renew a certificate if it is (a) currently ACTIVE (b) is set to expire in <= 30 days.

namecheap.ssl.renew

Renews an SSL certificate.

Request Parameters

Global parameters are not shown here for clarity, but should be present in all requests

Name Type MaxLength Required? Default Description
CertificateID Number 10 Yes   Unique ID of the SSL certificate you wish to renew
Years Number 1 Yes 1

Number of years to renew

PromotionCode String 20 No Promotional (coupon) code for the certificate
SSLType String 50 Yes Type of SSL

 Possible values for SSLType parameter:

QuickSSL, QuickSSL Premium, RapidSSL, RapidSSL Wildcard, PremiumSSL, InstantSSL, PositiveSSL, PositiveSSL Wildcard, True BusinessID with EV, True BusinessID , True BusinessID Wildcard , Secure Site , Secure Site Pro , Secure Site with EV , Secure Site Pro with EV.


Example Request

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&command=namecheap.ssl.renew&clientip=1.2.3.4&certificateid=501904&
ssltype=positivessl&years=1

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK">
<Errors/>
<Warnings/>
<RequestedCommand>namecheap.ssl.renew</RequestedCommand>
<CommandResponse>
<SSLRenewResult CertificateID="501284" Years="1" OrderId="2345545"
                TransactionId="32487444" ChargedAmount="9.98"/>
</CommandResponse>
<Server>IMWS-A03</Server>
<GMTTimeDifference>+5:30</GMTTimeDifference>
<ExecutionTime>0.219</ExecutionTime>

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2033409 Possibly a logical error in authentication phase. Order chargeable for Username is not found
2015167 Number of years should be maximum 10
2011301 SSLType mismatch
2011170 Promotion code is invalid
4011294 Certificateid is invalid
2528166 Order creation failed
5050900 Unhandled exceptions

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