3.1.1 X509 objects
Keywords: pyOpenSSL

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3.1.1 X509 objects

X509 objects have the following methods:

`get_issuer`()
  Return an X509Name object representing the issuer of the certificate.

`get_pubkey`()
  Return a PKey object representing the public key of the certificate.

`get_serial_number`()
  Return the certificate serial number.

`get_subject`()
  Return an X509Name object representing the subject of the certificate.

`get_version`()
  Return the certificate version.

`get_notBefore`()
  Return a string giving the time before which the certificate is not valid. The string is formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME:

                         YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm

  If no value exists for this field, `None` is returned.

`get_notAfter`()
  Return a string giving the time after which the certificate is not valid. The string is formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME:

                         YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm

  If no value exists for this field, `None` is returned.

`set_notBefore`(when)
  Change the time before which the certificate is not valid. when is a string formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME:

                         YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm

`set_notAfter`(when)
  Change the time after which the certificate is not valid. when is a string formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME:

                         YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm
                         YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm

`gmtime_adj_notBefore`(time)
  Adjust the timestamp (in GMT) when the certificate starts being valid.

`gmtime_adj_notAfter`(time)
  Adjust the timestamp (in GMT) when the certificate stops being valid.

`has_expired`()
  Checks the certificate's time stamp against current time. Returns true if the certificate has expired and false otherwise.

`set_issuer`(issuer)
  Set the issuer of the certificate to issuer.

`set_pubkey`(pkey)
  Set the public key of the certificate to pkey.

`set_serial_number`(serialno)
  Set the serial number of the certificate to serialno.

`set_subject`(subject)
  Set the subject of the certificate to subject.

`set_version`(version)
  Set the certificate version to version.

`sign`(pkey, digest)
  Sign the certificate, using the key pkey and the message digest algorithm identified by the string digest.

`subject_name_hash`()
  Return the hash of the certificate subject.

`digest`(digest_name)
  Return a digest of the certificate, using the digest_name method. digest_name must be a string describing a digest algorithm supported by OpenSSL (by EVP_get_digestbyname, specifically). For example, `"md5"` or `"sha1"`.

`add_extensions`(extensions)
  Add the extensions in the sequence extensions to the certificate.