Create a DID-Linked Resource

Follow these instructions to create a new DID and publish the associated DIDDoc on cheqd ledger.
⚠️ Before you begin...
Make sure you've correctly configured the cheqd plugin's agent settings for Veramo CLI
Instructions
1. Create a DID
Follow this tutorial to generate keys and create a DID.
2. Prepare Resource content
Prepare a file with resource and encode it into base64. On Unix systems, you can use the following command:
$ base64 -w 0 resource.txt
<path-to-the-resource-file>
Example:
$ base64 -w 0 resource.txt
SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxk
3. Create a UUID for the Resource
​UUIDs are used to identify Resources. On Unix systems, the uuidgen tool can be used to generate a new UUID:
$ uuidgen
e7b662f8-d3f8-4a83-bd00-2cdcd6cc50ab
Due to a known bug, please make sure that UUIDs generated and submitted to the ledger are in lower case.
4. Prepare/edit command arguments
Before creating a Resource, you will need to prepare the args.json file. This file can be saved where ever you choose, but the location must be specified in the create Resource command used in Step 5. (By default, it will be saved under the project root directory.)
Example file
{
 "kms": "local",
 "payload": {
 "collectionId": "z4ZUuPbs1xyK7y8d",
 "id": "4a71319b-00b1-4db9-bc05-56dc426f7062",
 "name": "TestResource",
 "resourceType": "TextDocument",
 "data": "SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxk"
 },
 "signInputs": [{
 "verificationMethodId": "did:cheqd:testnet:z4ZUuPbs1xyK7y8d#key-1",
 "keyType": "Ed25519",
 "privateKeyHex": "0f5c124886178037952e87e0cdc55d185732577fca19ae877e64ac9ab24a0cc534e5326e70f1a42d785d93048aee806c359ec75a7b06f39253befd1746708438"
 }]
}
Parameters
kms (default local): Key Management System (KMS) to be used for storage;
payload: Resource definition;
collectionId: The last fragment of the corresponding DIDDoc;
id: Use output from the previous step here;
name: Arbitrary human-readable string used to identify the resource
resourceType: Resource type, such as CL-Schema, JSONSchema2020, etc
data: Use output from the step 2 here;
signInputs: Keys used to sign the corresponding DIDDoc. These must match the ones specified in the DIDDoc, otherwise an error will be thrown;
verificationMethodId: DIDUrl of the verification method where key is published;
keyType and privateKeyHex should match values that you used to create the DIDDoc.
5. Create new DID and publish DIDDoc
veramo execute -m cheqdCreateResource --argsFile path/to/args.json
If you do not specify the --argsFile in the previous step, you can also paste a JSON inline argument object by using the --argsJSON flag followed by the JSON payload.

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