# SSL Certificate Monitor (`q_services/ssl-certificate-monitor`) Actor

Check SSL/TLS certificates in bulk and monitor expiry dates, issuers, SANs and validation errors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/q\_services/ssl-certificate-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Q Services](https://apify.com/q_services) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 checked certificates

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## SSL Certificate Monitor

Check SSL/TLS certificates for any list of domains and monitor expiry, issuer, SANs and validation errors.

**Example result:**

```json
{
    "domain": "apify.com",
    "status": "valid",
    "daysUntilExpiry": 76,
    "validTo": "2026-09-23T23:59:59.000Z",
    "issuer": "C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R13",
    "authorizationError": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T10:30:00.000Z"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Paste domains or HTTPS URLs.
2. Set the expiry warning window.
3. Schedule the Actor daily or weekly to catch certificates before they expire.

### Pricing

| Event | Price |
|---|---:|
| Actor start | $0.005 |
| Checked certificate | $0.0005 |

1,000 checked certificates cost about $0.505.

### Output fields

| Field | Type | Always present? |
|---|---|---|
| `domain` | string | Yes |
| `status` | string | Yes |
| `daysUntilExpiry` | number | No |
| `validFrom` | ISO date | No |
| `validTo` | ISO date | No |
| `subject` | string | No |
| `issuer` | string | No |
| `subjectAltNames` | array | Yes |
| `authorizationError` | string | No |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO date | Yes |

### Limitations

- Checks the live TLS certificate on the selected host and port.
- Does not inspect private/internal network services.
- Uses direct TLS connections; proxies are not needed for certificate inspection.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Domains or HTTPS URLs whose TLS certificates should be checked.

## `warningDays` (type: `integer`):

Certificates expiring within this many days are marked as expiring\_soon.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

The Actor stops and stops charging after this many domains.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://apify.com"
  ],
  "warningDays": 30,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        "https://apify.com"
    ],
    "warningDays": 30,
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("q_services/ssl-certificate-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": ["https://apify.com"],
    "warningDays": 30,
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("q_services/ssl-certificate-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://apify.com"
  ],
  "warningDays": 30,
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call q_services/ssl-certificate-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=q_services/ssl-certificate-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/PrahOzoVdpuMQhh6H/builds/PU7haFN8U70zBjpXt/openapi.json