Important: Only HTTP POST is supported for this method.
namecheap.ssl.parseCSR
Parses the CSR
Example Request
https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiuser&ApiKey=8a81d0b4124042459582746f6d575408&UserName=username&Command=namecheap.ssl.parseCSR&ClientIp=127.0.0.1&csr=-----BEGIN+CERTIFICATE+REQUEST-----%0AMIIDADCCAegCAQAwWzEUMBIGA1UEAwwLZXhhbXBsZS5jb20xFDASBgNVBAcMC0xv%0AcyBBbmdlbGVzMRMwEQYDVQQIDApDYWxpZm9ybmlhMQswCQYDVQQKDAJOQTELMAkG%0AA1UEBhMCVVMwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDSCTC4mDLR%0AryXqhDrp9h30p6XHyhTXEjiLolcOCyhHa1Eokzp%2BnyhmE2SKtKL6Zf0xJmcUWr0T%0Auhd/VPbAcRgp/YuyipzOR1y1EWJoYKQT1UVp8yw7hcIPprReLoiWQM8dUigt1NNr%0AJlMP40RUZju8nEZWJoM%2B1D523vlhTIn/DojIfn0SvjF6riP/n4lraID6lbGmDVKv%0ALv4Fil41n/IQ5CcmNG6ROouw4VxOu4ltys0CSeV0dce33KVmiqosCMrqRTi8os0D%0AWF/LLmfXNzRg6Moi05Hw6SaZL4x2vz%2BR2u6C6fY9xKnePF5bsiKDgF41CrtfzhXA%0AeoM8IDQHAqg1AgMBAAGgYDBeBgkqhkiG9w0BCQ4xUTBPMAkGA1UdEwQCMAAwCwYD%0AVR0PBAQDAgWgMB0GA1UdJQQWMBQGCCsGAQUFBwMBBggrBgEFBQcDAjAWBgNVHREE%0ADzANggtleGFtcGxlLmNvbTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAz8uyWS%2BCFbg0JYy1%0A0uLE6GlBgCsj1QZJQFd%2B9ftrToMp%2BPnsaK7O9FDKOARpF9dTzfqw3zvdjqcBteuY%0AcD3jbuN0QJxKF%2BtzbOBVtfNwlyC1T786ii36v3VHd10Si2mtZFdkZMJDjLXgoPBb%0Aiy%2BVrV%2B5sn2V5tfO15jW2/fHtGU5oaP60w0oJxBkaBnspb%2BQDgvTZAY8TFgoc5Oh%0A5MAJ48oJi79yAMeFf9e/vJrtBaR9vTFCP/4gKIIpl0I7a8CUR4L%2Bzr1k7ke2AANI%0As5IMg%2BcZpKmo2A8fWcueW/FCv9HHHqOb%2BlUYVtlKeDQxBShj5IPDI8Jv%2Bxv/ZeO9%0AOT98hQ%3D%3D%0A-----END+CERTIFICATE+REQUEST-----
Request Parameters
Global parameters are not shown here (for clarity), but they should be present in all requests.
| Name | Type | MaxLength | Required? | Description |
| csr | String | 2000 | Yes | Certificate Signing Request |
| CertificateType | String | 50 | No* | Type of SSL Certificate |
Note: *This parameter is not mandatory, but we recommend specifying it for each call.
Note: It is obligatory to use URL-encoded data only in the API calls. In order to encode properly the CSR code, please use this online tool.
Possible values for CertificateType parameter:
InstantSSL, PositiveSSL, PositiveSSL Wildcard, EssentialSSL, EssentialSSL Wildcard, InstantSSL Pro, PremiumSSL Wildcard, EV SSL, EV Multi Domain SSL, Multi Domain SSL, PositiveSSL Multi Domain, Unified Communications.
Example Response
<ApiResponse Status="OK">
<Errors/>
<Warnings/>
<RequestedCommand>namecheap.ssl.parseCSR</RequestedCommand>
<CommandResponse Type="namecheap.ssl.parseCSR">
<SSLParseCSRResult>
<CSRDetails>
<CommonName>yourdomain.com</CommonName>
<DomainName>yourdomain.com</DomainName>
<Country>US</Country>
<OrganisationUnit>IT</OrganisationUnit>
<Organisation>Company</Organisation>
<ValidTrueDomain>false</ValidTrueDomain>
<State>California</State>
<Locality>Los Angeles</Locality>
<Email>example@yourdomain.com</Email>
<DNSNames>yourdomain.com</DNSNames>
</CSRDetails>
</SSLParseCSRResult>
</CommandResponse>
<Server>WEB1-SANDBOX1</Server>
<GMTTimeDifference>--5:00</GMTTimeDifference>
<ExecutionTime>0.001</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>
Response Parameters
| Name | Description |
| Common name | The hostname for which SSL is applied. |
| Domain name | The domain name for which SSL is applied. |
| Country | Country of the SSL applicant. |
| Organisation Unit | Organisation unit of the SSL applicant. |
| Organisation | Organisation of the SSL applicant. |
| ValidTrueDomain | This value is returned by GeoTrust provider only. It indicates whether CSR parse was successful. |
| State | State information of the SSL applicant. |
| Locality | Locality information of the SSL applicant. |
| Email | Email address of the SSL applicant. |
Error Codes
Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method
| Number | Description |
| 2011300 | CertificateType is invalid |
| 3022296 | Failed to retrive CSR details from provider |
| 5050900 | Unhandled exceptions |