thetvdb api Certificate expired workaround

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olqs
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thetvdb api Certificate expired workaround

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Today the certificate of https://api.thetvdb.com is expired.

If you want to use the api with the expired certificate, you have to trust the certificate manually. (e.g. add the certificate to the default ca store of java)

This workaround will only work till the next java update.

Copy the following text with BEGIN and END Certificate to a file:

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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIFlzCCBH+gAwIBAgIQAtXASKE/5zpmYb5+Sq4E9jANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBG
MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEPMA0GA1UEChMGQW1hem9uMRUwEwYDVQQLEwxTZXJ2ZXIg
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MjAwMDBaMBgxFjAUBgNVBAMMDSoudGhldHZkYi5jb20wggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB
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/1aNR1Y2/0q1YMG06v9eoIMPAAABauPalsEAAAQDAEcwRQIhANOlcUSTHc27VU3r
XcwpflzX/sMD42HatrSb2gCEzMZvAiApIljsUSp4FusaDUUptnDRz/N3xVZAIVWK
3mHCb0S8XDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFAAOCAQEAmhbU/oCFKZng6XV6cHduSrblo7B3
B2Cvb1ZMTEhOJS+fhI+5FexcxHOPBQ7YlY5Fpy5nqedepkvmbr1NoIrW7EMqTtDy
RGGnaEf/js2nqTRzi9o8bRnXuV/cCA81WlPj7GJO50q0LR+I2yw0jeWUie+RVxJM
FWJ+oTF5ZlY9VffZn0ZPryBTlfD6bnxx+DxIZFxPcH8fFWIrrrxaJtVC+CZNdnNT
daXBorQH5t4WBSgySPwhX2DxhTYNiKyoJ5RwbLEZM9/3+wIsYgbGmy6cX0Qq+z2q
irCtWgcsNEj29VkwxIc88b707STno6mWXRwtwdn/JPjhqqAWgA4dU1BEnA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Locate your cacerts keystore of your java installation. Default is lib/security/cacerts in your java home.

Add the certificate to this keystore with following command:
keytool -importcert -keystore /path/to/your/cacerts -alias thedvdb -file /path/to/file/with/certificate

The password needed is:

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Re: thetvdb api Certificate expired workaround

Post by rednoah »

Just a temporary issue on their end, just try again tomorrow and it'll probably have fixed itself:
https://twitter.com/thetvdb/status/1275424356982718464
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