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iEdison API
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NIST
This page and the pages linked below provide information to agencies and contractors/awardees (organizations) who want to access iEdison Web Services using certificate-based authentication. Web Services allow system-to-system interface or API as a means for external systems to interact with iEdison to create, update, and query invention, patent, and utilization reports.
UPDATE MARCH 2026: To accommodate the recent change on PKI certificate polices, most vendors have stopped issuing certificates with client authentication EKU. If the connecting parties wish to use the current configuration without changes, they will need to install and use a certificate that carries the attribute. As an interim solution, NIST will issue self-signed client certificate to the API users to use when connecting to iEdison.
Our Cloudflare Private CA certificate process integration was delayed. As a result, please open a ticket with iEdison Help Desk https://contact.iedison.gov/ to create a NIST issued client certificate. iEdison support team will send you a NIST issued certificate bundle with instructions on how to register a new system account or update the system account with the new NIST issued client certificate.
In order to use the API communication, Agencies or Organizations must perform these three tasks:
If you are attempting to create or update information in iEdison via API and are unsure why you are receiving an error message, see our API Error Troubleshooting Page.
Created June 14, 2022, Updated March 26, 2026