# GetSigningCertificate


Given a user pool ID, returns the signing certificate for SAML 2.0 federation.

Issued certificates are valid for 10 years from the date of issue. Amazon Cognito issues and assigns a new signing certificate annually. This renewal process returns a new value in the response to `GetSigningCertificate`, but doesn't invalidate the original certificate.

For more information, see [Signing SAML requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-SAML-signing-encryption.html#cognito-user-pools-SAML-signing).

**Note**  
Amazon Cognito evaluates AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you must use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you must grant yourself the corresponding IAM permission in a policy.  
 [Signing AWS API Requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_aws-signing.html) 
 [Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API and user pool endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pools-API-operations.html) 

## Request Syntax


```
{
   "UserPoolId": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters


For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [UserPoolId](#API_GetSigningCertificate_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CognitoUserPools-GetSigningCertificate-request-UserPoolId"></a>
The ID of the user pool where you want to view the signing certificate.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.  
Pattern: `[\w-]+_[0-9a-zA-Z]+`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax


```
{
   "Certificate": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements


If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Certificate](#API_GetSigningCertificate_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CognitoUserPools-GetSigningCertificate-response-Certificate"></a>
The x.509 certificate that signs SAML 2.0 authentication requests for your user pool.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InternalErrorException **   
This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.    
 ** message **   
The message returned when Amazon Cognito throws an internal error exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidParameterException **   
This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.    
 ** message **   
The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service throws an invalid parameter exception.  
 ** reasonCode **   
The reason code of the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.    
 ** message **   
The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a resource not found exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples


### Example


The following example request returns the SAML signing certificate for the requested user pool.

#### Sample Request


```
POST HTTP/1.1
Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.GetSigningCertificate
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
{
   "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE"
}
```

#### Sample Response


```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111
Connection: keep-alive
{
    "Certificate": "[Certificate text]"
}
```

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cognito-idp-2016-04-18/GetSigningCertificate)