letsencrypt / letsencrypt/website

Feature Request - Machine readable version of /certificates

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Description

I believe it would be useful to have a machine readable version of the information in /certificates. That would allow for client developers and integrators to quickly check if anything has changed, and aid in automatically tracking certificate lineage.

The data could be maintained in a json file, similar to those in /data and it could serve two purposes:

  1. it could be published statically
  2. the data file could be used for templating all the language translations of "/certificates". the letsencrypt staff would only have to update one json file to create updates for all the language translation pages.

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Research direction

Inspect the existing /certificates page and the JSON-like files in /data first, then trace how the language translation pages are templated. Define the certificate data shape and check how a static machine-readable version could be published; done means the data is available to clients and can drive the translated pages without duplicating certificate information.

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Assessment

Tech stack
hugo, json
Domain
documentation, localization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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