# Get Attestation Certificate

## Retrieve Attestation Certificate

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/api/v1/{entity-type}/{entity-id}/attestation/{attestation-name}/{attestation-id}`

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                               | Type   | Description                                     |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| entity-name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>      | String | Name of Entity for which attestation was raised |
| entity-id<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>        | String | ID of entity for which attestation was raised   |
| attestation-name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Name of attestation for that entity-type        |
| attestation-id<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | String | ID of the attestation for that record of entity |

#### Headers

| Name                                     | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| accept<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Set to `application/pdf, application/json, text/html, image/svg+xml`                                |
| template                                 | String | if `enable_external_templates` is set to true, send in a url which has html template                |
| template-key                             | String | A key pointing to html template which is present in `Schema`                                        |
| access-token                             | String | Set to `Bearer {access-token}` if roles in schema is not anonymous. Else authorization can be empty |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Successful retrieval of certification" %}

```markup
PDF File
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Usage

### cURL

```shell
curl --location --request GET '{registry-url}/api/v1/{entity-type}/{entity-id}/attestation/{attestation-name}/{attestation-id}' \
--header 'Accept: application/pdf' \
--header 'template: {url}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'
```

### HTTPie

```shell
http GET '{registry-url}/api/v1/{entity-type}/{entity-id}/attestation/{attestation-name}/{attestation-id}' \
 Accept:'application/pdf' \
 template:'{url}' \
 Authorization:'Bearer {access-token}'
```

> `{registry-url}` is usually [http://localhost:{port}](https://docs.sunbirdrc.dev/api-reference/attestation-api/http:/localhost:{port}). The port can be found under the `registry` section in the `docker-compose.yml` file and is usually `8081`


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