cert-info.js
Read basic info from a cert.pem / x509 certificate.
Used for Greenlock.js
Features
| <175 lines of code | 1.7k gzipped | 4.4k minified | 8.8k with comments |
- Parses x.509 certificate schemas
- DER/ASN.1
 - PEM (base64-encoded DER)
 - Subject
 - SAN extension (altNames)
 - Issuance Date (notBefore)
 - Expiry Date (notAfter)
 
 - VanillaJS, Zero Dependencies
- Node.js
 - Browsers (built, publishing soon)
 
 
Install
# bin
npm install --global cert-info
# node.js library
npm install --save cert-info
Usage
CLI
For basic info (subject, altnames, issuedAt, expiresAt):
cert-info /path/to/cert.pem
node.js
'use strict';
var certinfo = require('cert-info');
var cert = fs.readFile('cert.pem', 'ascii', function (err, certstr) {
  // basic info
  console.info(certinfo.info(certstr));
  // if you need to submit a bug report
  console.info(certinfo.debug(certstr));
});
Example output:
{
  "subject": "localhost.example.com",
  "altnames": [
    "localhost.example.com"
  ],
  "issuedAt": 1465516800000,
  "expiresAt": 1499731199000
}
With a few small changes this could also work in the browser (it has no dependencies and all of the non-browser things are on the Enc object).
Legal
cert-info.js | MPL-2.0 | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy