Get Certificate Attributes

The get certificates attributes API fetches all the certificate attributes.

Before you begin

  • The user should have the required ACF permission to view the certificate attributes.

Request Structure

Endpoint: /certificate/attribute
Type: GET
Sample URL:
https://<IP/HostName/TenantName>:<GWPORT>/avxapi/certificate/attribute?gwsource=external

To understand the elements of the sample URL, click here.

Headers
Content-Type: application/json
Table 1. Input Parameters
Name Description
sessionId

Header

(Mandatory) Session Id received after login.

Type: String

Constraint: Required if username and password are not provided.

username

Header

(Mandatory) AppViewX login username.

Type: String

Constraint: Required if sessionId is not provided.

password

Header

(Mandatory) AppViewX login password.

Type: String

Constraint: Required if sessionId is not provided.

Content-Type

Header

(Mandatory) Specifies the nature of the data in the payload.

Type: String

Constraint: Value of the parameter should be ‘application/json’

gwsource

Query

(Mandatory) Source from which the request is triggered. (E.g. external)

Type: String

Response Structure

Response returns string of type application/json with the following body parameters:

Table 2. Parameters
Name Description
response Contains the response attributes.

Type: Array of CertificateGenericField

message Success message or failure description in case of error.

Type: String

appStatusCode Application specific status code for the response. It is a non-null value for a failure response.

Type: String

tags Additional information in case of failure response.

Status Codes

HTTP Code appStatusCode Response Message
200 Accepted NA Certificate attributes fetched successfully.

OR

No certificate attributes available.

401 Unauthorized AVX_GW_003 Authentication failed, reason - Invalid Credentials.

Remediation: Ensure that valid username and password or valid sessionId is provided as header parameters.

406 Not Acceptable CERT-GFLD-0005 Certificate attributes fetch failed. ${ERROR_MSG}

In case of any unexpected error message

Sample Request/Response

Request Payload

No payload for GET request

Response
{
 "response": [
 {
 "id": "approvercustomAttributecustomAttribute",
 "type": "text",
 "value": "cert approver",
 "values": null,
 "label": "approver",
 "searchKey": "approver",
 "errorCode": null,
 "mandatory": true,
 "validation": null,
 "divClasses": null,
 "classNames": null,
 "category": "certAttributes",
 "certificateAuthority": null,
 "regexValue": null,
 "helpInfo": null,
 "name": "approver",
 "mandatoryFor": null,
 "_id": "approver"
 }
 ],
 "message": "Certificate attributes fetched successfully",
 "appStatusCode": null,
 "tags": {},
 "headers": null
 }

What's next?

Update Certificate Attributes

References

Understanding the sample URL
  • IP/HostName/TenantName: Replace with the actual IP address, hostname, or tenant name based on the specific configuration in AppViewX.
    • IP: A unique identifier assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication

      The IP address will be included in the endpoint URL for an on-prem deployment.

    • HostName: A human-readable label assigned to a device (host) on a network

      The hostname will be included in the endpoint URL for an on-prem deployment.

    • TenantName: An identifier label for a tenant given to indicate which tenant's data the API request will access/modify

      The tenant name will be included in the endpoint URL for a SaaS deployment.

  • GWPORT: AppViewX gateway port

    A gateway port refers to a network port through which data is sent and received to communicate with a gateway in an on-prem deployment.

    Example: 31443

  • avxapi: Path parameter value (static) that is part of the endpoint's URL
  • Endpoint: Endpoint of the API, for example: execute-hook
  • gwsource: Source or origin of a gateway, for example: external.