TransferCertificate
Transfers the specified certificate to the specified Amazon Web Services account.
Requires permission to access the TransferCertificate action.
You can cancel the transfer until it is acknowledged by the recipient.
No notification is sent to the transfer destination's account. It is up to the caller to notify the transfer target.
The certificate being transferred must not be in the ACTIVE state. You can use the UpdateCertificate action to deactivate it.
The certificate must not have any policies attached to it. You can use the DetachPolicy action to detach them.
Request Syntax
PATCH /transfer-certificate/certificateId?targetAwsAccount=targetAwsAccount HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
{
"transferMessage": "string"
}URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- certificateId
-
The ID of the certificate. (The last part of the certificate ARN contains the certificate ID.)
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 64.
Pattern:
(0x)?[a-fA-F0-9]+Required: Yes
- targetAwsAccount
-
The Amazon Web Services account.
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 12.
Pattern:
[0-9]+Required: Yes
Request Body
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- transferMessage
-
The transfer message.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.
Pattern:
[\s\S]*Required: No
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
"transferredCertificateArn": "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.
- transferredCertificateArn
-
The ARN of the certificate.
Type: String
Errors
- CertificateStateException
-
The certificate operation is not allowed.
HTTP Status Code: 406
- InternalFailureException
-
An unexpected error has occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- InvalidRequestException
-
The request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The specified resource does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ServiceUnavailableException
-
The service is temporarily unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 503
- ThrottlingException
-
The rate exceeds the limit.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- TransferConflictException
-
You can't transfer the certificate because authorization policies are still attached.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- UnauthorizedException
-
You are not authorized to perform this operation.
HTTP Status Code: 401
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: