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Certificate Enrolment Protocols Account API

Account creation and key management.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org, https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Account 2

Account creation and key management.

POST
/acme/new-account
Create or look up an account
newAccount body → 201200
POST
/acme/key-change
Roll over the account key
keyChange body → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is JwsRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GenericResponse
object
JwsRequest
object
A JSON Web Signature (JWS) flattened serialization object.
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

certificate-enrolment-protocols-account-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑