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SSL certificate download from the https server so you dont have to manually download it through browser or keytool.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
/**
*
* @author chouhan_r
*
*/
public class DownloadSSL
{
private static final String SEPERATOR = System.getProperty("file.separator");
public static void downloadSSLCertificate(){
String httpsURL = "https://localhost:8443";
if(httpsURL != null && httpsURL.contains("https")){
FileOutputStream writer = null;
try {
URL myurl = new URL(httpsURL);
SSLContext ssl = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1");
ssl.init(null, new TrustManager[] { new SimpleX509TrustManager() },
null);
SSLSocketFactory factory = ssl.getSocketFactory();
HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) myurl.openConnection();
con.setSSLSocketFactory(factory);
InputStream ins = con.getInputStream();
String filePath = "sslcertificate.cer";
File file = new File(filePath);
writer = new FileOutputStream(file);
for (Certificate cert : con.getServerCertificates()) {
writer.write(cert.getEncoded());
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}finally{
if(writer!=null){
try {
writer.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
System.out.println("certificate downloaded");
}
}
}
class SimpleX509TrustManager implements X509TrustManager {
public void checkClientTrusted(
X509Certificate[] cert, String s)
throws CertificateException {
}
public void checkServerTrusted(
X509Certificate[] cert, String s)
throws CertificateException {
}
@Override
public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
}
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Download SSL certificate from the https server pragmatically. No need to download it manually like from web browser or keytool.

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