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Https request returning error in response 'certificate has expired' for shortswitch api

I am making a request to shortswitch api using https package of nodejs. It returns error 'certificate has expired' in response. Shortswitch doesn't have a client-side certificate that we can send with the request. They have a server-side certificate which is valid when verified through an SSL-checker. I am using node version 6.14.0 (since the app is on production and running we can't update node version yet).

Any suggestions on how to solve this issue?

Code snippet:

https.request('https://api.shortswitch.com/shorten?apiKey=****&longUrl=***********&format=json', function(res){
console.log("Connected");
res.on('data',function(data){
    console.log(data);
});

});

enter image description here

Edit: I added the following cert as per suggested solution.

const ISRGCAs = [`-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----`];


const options = {
host: 'api.shortswitch.com',
path: '/shorten?apiKey=***&longUrl=*****&format=json',
method: 'GET',
port: 443,
ca: ISRGCAs
}

https.request(options, function(res){
var data = [];

res.on('data', function(chunk) {
    data.push(chunk);
    console.log((Buffer.concat(data)).toString());
});
res.on('end', function() {
    var buffer = Buffer.concat(data);
    console.log(buffer.toString());
});

});

but now getting error:

enter image description here

Solution

  • The API/server is not 'returning' expired; it is using a certificate/chain which your nodejs client is rejecting, because the cert is from LetsEncrypt which by default still uses a 'compatibility' root (DSTX3) that expired last Sept, but which most clients (including the sslchecker you used) can replace with the newer and still-valid ISRG root.

    nodejs uses OpenSSL with by default its own hardcoded list of CA certs, which in nodejs 6 did not include the ISRG root; further, depending on your system and build, it may be using an older version of OpenSSL which doesn't do the replacement-with-new-root correctly. To solve this problem you must have recentish (>=1.1.0) OpenSSL and add the ISRG root; you can do the latter in code by setting the ca option, or with environment variable NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS.

    See Axios fails with 'certificate has expired' when certificate has not expired
    LetsEncrypt root certificate expiry breaks Azure Function Node application
    Giving Axios LetsEncrypt's New Root Certificate On Old Version Of Node