Verify a Verifiable Credential

Verify a Verifiable Credential using cheqd Studio.

Verify a Verifiable Credential.

post

This endpoint verifies a Verifiable Credential passed to it. As input, it can take the VC-JWT as a string or the entire credential itself.

Authorizations

Query parameters

verifyStatusbooleanOptional

If set to true the verification will also check the status of the credential. Requires the VC to have a credentialStatus property.

Default: false

fetchRemoteContextsbooleanOptional

When dealing with JSON-LD you also MUST provide the proper contexts. Set this to true ONLY if you want the @context URLs to be fetched in case they are a custom context.

Default: false

allowDeactivatedDidbooleanOptional

If set to true allow to verify credential which based on deactivated DID.

Default: false

Body

application/x-www-form-urlencodedapplication/json

credentialobjectOptional

Verifiable Credential to be verified as a VC-JWT string or a JSON object.

Responses

200

The request was successful.

application/json

400

A problem with the input fields has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.

401

Access token is missing or invalid

500

An internal error has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /credential/verify HTTP/1.1
Host: studio-api.cheqd.net
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 89

"credential={}&policies={'issuanceDate':true,'expirationDate':true,'audience':false}"

application/x-www-form-urlencodedapplication/json

{
  "verified": true,
  "polices": {},
  "issuer": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0",
  "signer": {
    "controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0",
    "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0#key-1",
    "publicKeyBase58": "BTJiso1S4iSiReP6wGksSneGfiKHxz9SYcm2KknpqBJt",
    "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2018"
  }
}