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X509Certificate
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

An X509 certificate (e.g. for TLS).

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Description
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The X509Certificate class represents an X509 certificate. Certificates can be loaded and saved like any other :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>`.

They can be used as the server certificate in :ref:`StreamPeerTLS.accept_stream<class_StreamPeerTLS_method_accept_stream>` (along with the proper :ref:`CryptoKey<class_CryptoKey>`), and to specify the only certificate that should be accepted when connecting to a TLS server via :ref:`StreamPeerTLS.connect_to_stream<class_StreamPeerTLS_method_connect_to_stream>`.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`SSL certificates <../tutorials/networking/ssl_certificates>`

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Methods
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   | :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`load<class_X509Certificate_method_load>` **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path **)**                           |
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   | :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`load_from_string<class_X509Certificate_method_load_from_string>` **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` string **)** |
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   | :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`save<class_X509Certificate_method_save>` **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path **)**                           |
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   | :ref:`String<class_String>`           | :ref:`save_to_string<class_X509Certificate_method_save_to_string>` **(** **)**                                        |
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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **load** **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path **)**

Loads a certificate from ``path`` ("\*.crt" file).

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:ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **load_from_string** **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` string **)**

Loads a certificate from the given ``string``.

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:ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **save** **(** :ref:`String<class_String>` path **)**

Saves a certificate to the given ``path`` (should be a "\*.crt" file).

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:ref:`String<class_String>` **save_to_string** **(** **)**

Returns a string representation of the certificate, or an empty string if the certificate is invalid.

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