# DescribeCertificates
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Provides a description of the certificate.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "Filters": [ 
      { 
         "Name": "string",
         "Values": [ "string" ]
      }
   ],
   "Marker": "string",
   "MaxRecords": number
}
```

## Request Parameters
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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.

 ** [Filters](#API_DescribeCertificates_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-DescribeCertificates-request-Filters"></a>
Filters applied to the certificates described in the form of key-value pairs. Valid values are `certificate-arn` and `certificate-id`.  
Type: Array of [Filter](API_Filter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** [Marker](#API_DescribeCertificates_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-DescribeCertificates-request-Marker"></a>
 An optional pagination token provided by a previous 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](#API_DescribeCertificates_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-DescribeCertificates-request-MaxRecords"></a>
 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: 10  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "Certificates": [ 
      { 
         "CertificateArn": "string",
         "CertificateCreationDate": number,
         "CertificateIdentifier": "string",
         "CertificateOwner": "string",
         "CertificatePem": "string",
         "CertificateWallet": blob,
         "KeyLength": number,
         "KmsKeyId": "string",
         "SigningAlgorithm": "string",
         "ValidFromDate": number,
         "ValidToDate": number
      }
   ],
   "Marker": "string"
}
```

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

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

 ** [Certificates](#API_DescribeCertificates_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-DescribeCertificates-response-Certificates"></a>
The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates associated with the replication instance.  
Type: Array of [Certificate](API_Certificate.md) objects

 ** [Marker](#API_DescribeCertificates_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="DMS-DescribeCertificates-response-Marker"></a>
The pagination token.  
Type: String

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

 ** ResourceNotFoundFault **   
The resource could not be found.    
 ** message **   

HTTP Status Code: 400

## 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/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dms-2016-01-01/DescribeCertificates)