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WP Engine Certificates API

The Certificates API from WP Engine — 3 operation(s) for certificates.

WP Engine Certificates API is one of 17 APIs that WP Engine publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Certificates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.17.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1.

4 operations 3 paths 13 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.17.0
Base URL
https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
Authentication
basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WP Engine Certificates API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It defines a basic scheme (basicAuth).

  • basicAuth — API username and password from Portal's API Access page: https://my.wpengine.com/apiaccess

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Certificates 4
GET
/installs/{install_id}/ssl_certificates
List SSL certificates for an install
getInstallCertificates 4 params → 200401403404429503
GET
/installs/{install_id}/domains/{domain_id}/ssl_certificate
Get SSL certificate information for a domain
getDomainCertificate 3 params → 200401403404429503
POST
/installs/{install_id}/domains/{domain_id}/ssl_certificate
Request a Let's Encrypt Certificate for a legacy domain
createDomainCertificateOrder 4 params → 202401403404429500503
POST
/installs/{install_id}/ssl_certificates/third_party
Import third-party SSL certificate for an install
importThirdPartySSLCertificate 3 params → 200400401403404429500503

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Certificate (15 properties), CertificateOrder (7 properties), ResourceError (5 properties), DomainCertificate (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ThirdPartySuccessfulImportResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
InternalServerErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
NotFoundErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
InstallSSLCertificatesResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
Certificate
object
15 properties
BadRequestErrorResponse
object
3 properties 1 required
TooManyRequestsOperation
Too many requests
ResourceError
object
5 properties 5 required
ServiceUnavailableOperation
Service unavailable
CertificateOrder
object
7 properties 4 required
DomainCertificate
object
4 properties
ForbiddenErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
AuthenticationErrorResponse
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wpengine-certificates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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