# DescribeCertificates
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Returns a list of certificate authority (CA) certificates provided by Amazon DocumentDB for this AWS account.

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

 ** CertificateIdentifier **   
The user-supplied certificate identifier. If this parameter is specified, information for only the specified certificate is returned. If this parameter is omitted, a list of up to `MaxRecords` certificates is returned. This parameter is not case sensitive.  
Constraints  
+ Must match an existing `CertificateIdentifier`.
Type: String  
Required: No

 **Filters.Filter.N**   
This parameter is not currently supported.  
Type: Array of [Filter](API_Filter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** Marker **   
An optional pagination token provided by a previous `DescribeCertificates` request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by `MaxRecords`.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** MaxRecords **   
The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified `MaxRecords` value, a pagination token called a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.  
Default: 100  
Constraints:  
+ Minimum: 20
+ Maximum: 100
Type: Integer  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **Certificates.Certificate.N**   
A list of certificates for this AWS account.  
Type: Array of [Certificate](API_Certificate.md) objects

 ** Marker **   
An optional pagination token provided if the number of records retrieved is greater than `MaxRecords`. If this parameter is specified, the marker specifies the next record in the list. Including the value of `Marker` in the next call to `DescribeCertificates` results in the next page of certificates.  
Type: String

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

 ** CertificateNotFound **   
 `CertificateIdentifier` doesn't refer to an existing certificate.   
HTTP Status Code: 404

## See Also
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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/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/docdb-2014-10-31/DescribeCertificates)