Disable SSL certificate check in retrofit library

Question

I am using retrofit in android to connect with server.

public class ApiClient {
    public static final String BASE_URL = "https://example.com/";
    private static Retrofit retrofit = null;

    public static Retrofit getClient() {
        if (retrofit==null) {
            retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                    .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
                    .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                    .build();
        }
        return retrofit;
    }
}

This is my dev. server and I want to disable certificate check. How can I implement in this code?

ERROR: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.

if you don't have an ssl certificate on your dev server, why connect it using https? — njzk2, Jun 07 '16 at 18:32
@njzk2: It's a self-signed certificate. And URL aoti-redirects to `https`. — RNK, Jun 07 '16 at 18:33
Why don't you add it to your trusted certificates? At least until you do the development work. — Ruchira Randana, Jun 07 '16 at 19:08
The easiest way I can think of is to send an email to yourself with the self-signed certificate attached. Once you get that email, open it from your Android device and download it. Then select the downloaded certificate to install it. It will show a prompt, you can simply follow it. If it was successfully installed, you can see that certificate in your device's "Settings-> Trusted Credentials ->User" section. — Ruchira Randana, Jun 07 '16 at 19:28
@RuchiraRandana have you tried it successfully yet? The cert in my app can be added to Trusted Credential - Users, however, my app still gets that exception if not use custom trustmanager as in my answer — BNK, Jun 11 '16 at 10:30
Hi BNK, I've done this to install the certificate for Charles which is used for HTTP debugging. That is why I recommend this approach. — Ruchira Randana, Jun 11 '16 at 10:58
@RuchiraRandana then your wifi must set your PC's IP as proxy? — BNK, Jun 11 '16 at 15:05
Hi BNK, Yes. That's how I have done it. So, would that affect building the trust? — Ruchira Randana, Jun 12 '16 at 04:25

score 43 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 23 '23 at 08:46

Use this class I copied from the answer at Trusting all certificates with okHttp to get unsafe Retrofit instance:

import java.security.cert.CertificateException;

import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;

import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import retrofit2.Retrofit;
import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory;
import view.utils.AppConstants;

public class NetworkHandler {

    public static Retrofit getRetrofit() {

        return new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(AppConstants.BASE_URL)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                .client(getUnsafeOkHttpClient())
                .build();
    }


    private static OkHttpClient getUnsafeOkHttpClient() {
        try {
            // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
            final TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
                    new X509TrustManager() {
                        @Override
                        public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
                        }

                        @Override
                        public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
                        }

                        @Override
                        public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                            return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
                        }
                    }
            };

            // Install the all-trusting trust manager
            final SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
            sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
            // Create an ssl socket factory with our all-trusting manager
            final SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();

            OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
            builder.sslSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory);
            builder.hostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
                @Override
                public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
                    return true;
                }
            });

            OkHttpClient okHttpClient = builder.build();
            return okHttpClient;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

And then simply use retrofit without ssl check like this:

private void postFeedbackOnServer() {

    MyApiEndpointInterface apiService =
            NetworkHandler.getRetrofit().create(MyApiEndpointInterface.class);

    Call<ResponseBE> call = apiService.submitFeedbackToServer(requestObject);

    Log.e(TAG ,  "Request is" + new Gson().toJson(requestObject).toString() );

    call.enqueue(new Callback<ResponseBE>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<ResponseBE> call, Response<ResponseBE> response) {
            int statusCode = response.code();

            if (statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {

          ......

            } else {
                Toast.makeText(FeedbackActivity.this, "Failed to submit Data" + statusCode, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<ResponseBE> call, Throwable t) {

            // Log error here since request failed
            Toast.makeText(FeedbackActivity.this, "Failure" + t.getLocalizedMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }
    });
}

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 12:53

The syntax has changed a little since Hitesh Sahu's answer was posted. Now you can use lambdas for some of the methods, remove some throw clauses and chain builder method invocations.

private static OkHttpClient createOkHttpClient() {
    try {
        final TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
                new X509TrustManager() {
                    @Override
                    public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {}

                    @Override
                    public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {}

                    @Override
                    public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                        return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
                    }
                }
        };
        final SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        return new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .sslSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory())
                .hostnameVerifier((hostname, session) -> true)
                .build();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
}

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 16:13

In my case I solved like this with kotlin:

object Instance {

    private const val BASE_URL: String = "https://base_url/"

    val service: Service by lazy {
        Retrofit
            .Builder()
            .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
            .client(getUnsafeOkHttpClient())
            .build().create(Service::class.java)
    }
    private fun getUnsafeOkHttpClient(): OkHttpClient? {
        return try {
            // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
            val trustAllCerts = arrayOf<TrustManager>(
                object : X509TrustManager {
                    @Throws(CertificateException::class)
                    override fun checkClientTrusted(
                        chain: Array<X509Certificate?>?,
                        authType: String?
                    ) {
                    }

                    @Throws(CertificateException::class)
                    override fun checkServerTrusted(
                        chain: Array<X509Certificate?>?,
                        authType: String?
                    ) {
                    }

                    override fun getAcceptedIssuers(): Array<X509Certificate?>? {
                        return arrayOf()
                    }
                }
            )

            // Install the all-trusting trust manager
            val sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL")
            sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, SecureRandom())
            // Create an ssl socket factory with our all-trusting manager
            val sslSocketFactory = sslContext.socketFactory
            val trustManagerFactory: TrustManagerFactory =
                TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm())
            trustManagerFactory.init(null as KeyStore?)
            val trustManagers: Array<TrustManager> =
                trustManagerFactory.trustManagers
            check(!(trustManagers.size != 1 || trustManagers[0] !is X509TrustManager)) {
                "Unexpected default trust managers:" + trustManagers.contentToString()
            }

            val trustManager =
                trustManagers[0] as X509TrustManager


            val builder = OkHttpClient.Builder()
            builder.sslSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory, trustManager)
            builder.hostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier { _, _ -> true })
            builder.build()
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            throw RuntimeException(e)
        }
    }
}

BNK · Answer 4 · 2016-06-09T03:40:23.653

IMO, you can read Google's documentation - Security with HTTPS and SSL.

About sample code to use Retrofit with your self-signed certificate, please try the following, hope it helps!

...
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    try{
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .sslSocketFactory(getSSLSocketFactory())
                .hostnameVerifier(getHostnameVerifier())
                .build();

        Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(API_URL_BASE)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                .client(client)
                .build();

        WebAPIService service = retrofit.create(WebAPIService.class);

        Call<JsonObject> jsonObjectCall = service.getData(...);
        ...
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

// for SSL...    
// Read more at https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-ssl.html#CommonHostnameProbs
private HostnameVerifier getHostnameVerifier() {
    return new HostnameVerifier() {
        @Override
        public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
            return true; // verify always returns true, which could cause insecure network traffic due to trusting TLS/SSL server certificates for wrong hostnames
            //HostnameVerifier hv = HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultHostnameVerifier();
            //return hv.verify("localhost", session);
        }
    };
}        

private TrustManager[] getWrappedTrustManagers(TrustManager[] trustManagers) {
    final X509TrustManager originalTrustManager = (X509TrustManager) trustManagers[0];
    return new TrustManager[]{
            new X509TrustManager() {
                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                    return originalTrustManager.getAcceptedIssuers();
                }

                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                    try {
                        if (certs != null && certs.length > 0){
                            certs[0].checkValidity();
                        } else {
                            originalTrustManager.checkClientTrusted(certs, authType);
                        }
                    } catch (CertificateException e) {
                        Log.w("checkClientTrusted", e.toString());
                    }
                }

                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                    try {
                        if (certs != null && certs.length > 0){
                            certs[0].checkValidity();
                        } else {
                            originalTrustManager.checkServerTrusted(certs, authType);
                        }
                    } catch (CertificateException e) {
                        Log.w("checkServerTrusted", e.toString());
                    }
                }
            }
    };
}

private SSLSocketFactory getSSLSocketFactory()
        throws CertificateException, KeyStoreException, IOException,
        NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException {
    CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
    InputStream caInput = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.your_cert); // File path: app\src\main\res\raw\your_cert.cer
    Certificate ca = cf.generateCertificate(caInput);
    caInput.close();
    KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
    keyStore.load(null, null);
    keyStore.setCertificateEntry("ca", ca);
    String tmfAlgorithm = TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm();
    TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(tmfAlgorithm);
    tmf.init(keyStore);
    TrustManager[] wrappedTrustManagers = getWrappedTrustManagers(tmf.getTrustManagers());
    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
    sslContext.init(null, wrappedTrustManagers, null);
    return sslContext.getSocketFactory();
}
...

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 14 '20 at 14:15

I tried @whirlwin's solution on this page but that didn't work with java 9+. Some small changes resulted in this:

    private static OkHttpClient createTrustingOkHttpClient() {
    try {
        X509TrustManager x509TrustManager = new X509TrustManager() {
            @Override
            public void checkClientTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {}

            @Override
            public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) {}

            @Override
            public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]{};
            }
        };
        final TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] {
                x509TrustManager
        };
        final SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        return new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .sslSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory(), x509TrustManager)
                .hostnameVerifier((hostname, session) -> true)
                .build();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
}

And this worked for me as you can imagine. Happy days! Still, be careful when using this.

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 30 '19 at 14:06

Adding code for doing same in Kotlin based on @Hitesh Sahu's answer :

fun getRetrofirApiService(currentBaseURL: String): YourAPIService{
    val TIMEOUT = 2L
    val logging = HttpLoggingInterceptor()
    logging.setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY)

    val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
        .baseUrl(currentBaseURL)
        .addCallAdapterFactory(RxJava2CallAdapterFactory.create())
        .addConverterFactory(NullOnEmptyConverterFactory())
        .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
        .client(createOkHttpClient())
        .build()
    return retrofit.create(APIService::class.java)
}

Now create Http client for same as shown below :

private fun createOkHttpClient(): OkHttpClient {
    return try {
        val trustAllCerts: Array<TrustManager> = arrayOf(MyManager())
        val sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL")
        sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, SecureRandom())
        val logging = HttpLoggingInterceptor()
        logging.level = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY
        OkHttpClient.Builder()
            .sslSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory())
            .addInterceptor(logging)
            .hostnameVerifier { hostname: String?, session: SSLSession? -> true }
            .build()
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        throw RuntimeException(e)
    }
}

MyManager class is as shown below :

class MyManager : X509TrustManager {

    override fun checkServerTrusted(
        p0: Array<out java.security.cert.X509Certificate>?,
        p1: String?
    ) {
        //allow all
    }

    override fun checkClientTrusted(
        p0: Array<out java.security.cert.X509Certificate>?,
        p1: String?
    ) {
        //allow all
    }

    override fun getAcceptedIssuers(): Array<java.security.cert.X509Certificate> {
        return arrayOf()
    }
}

Imports for same are as shown below :

    import okhttp3.MediaType
    import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
    import okhttp3.RequestBody
    import okhttp3.logging.HttpLoggingInterceptor
    import retrofit2.Retrofit
    import retrofit2.adapter.rxjava2.Result
    import retrofit2.adapter.rxjava2.RxJava2CallAdapterFactory
    import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory
    import java.security.SecureRandom
    import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession
    import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager
    import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 19:03

Implementation of such workaround in code, even for testing purposes is a bad practice.

You can:

Generate your CA.
Sign your certificate with CA.
Add your CA as trusted.

Some links that may be useful:

Disable SSL certificate check in retrofit library

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