X509Certificate.GetSerialNumber Method

Definition

Returns the serial number of the X.509v3 certificate as an array of bytes in little-endian order.

C#
public virtual byte[] GetSerialNumber();

Returns

Byte[]

The serial number of the X.509 certificate as an array of bytes in little-endian order.

Exceptions

The certificate context is invalid.

Examples

The following example uses the GetSerialNumber method to return a certificate's serial number as an array of bytes and displays it to the console.

C#

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public class X509
{

    public static void Main()
    {

        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        byte[] results = cert.GetSerialNumber();

        // Display the value to the console.
        foreach(byte b in results)
        {
            Console.Write(b);
        }
    }
}

Applies to

Proizvod Verzije
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1