Update a DID

Update a did:cheqd Decentralized Identifier (DID) using the ACA-Py Agent.

Follow these instructions to update a did:cheqd DID from ACA-Py Agent.

⚠️ Important...

Your wallet must have the key(s) which were generated when the DID was created, without them signing will fail.

Update DID

To update an existing DID, you must pass the did id and the complete didDocumentin the request body. The main field that is updated using this method os the service object of the DID.

Update a did:cheqd

post

Body

didstringRequired

DID to update

Example: did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86Pattern: ^(did:cheqd:(testnet|mainnet):(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9]{21,22}|([a-z,0-9,-]{36,36}))*:)*((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]{21,22}|([a-z,0-9,-]{36,36}))+)((;[a-zA-Z0-9_.:%-]+=[a-zA-Z0-9_.:%-]*)*)([?][^#]*)?|did:cheqd:(testnet|mainnet):(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9]{21,22}|([a-z,0-9,-]{36,36}))*:)*((?:[a-zA-Z0-9]{21,22}|([a-z,0-9,-]{36,36}))+)/resources/([a-z,0-9,-]{36,36})([?][^#]*)?)$

didDocumentall ofRequired

DID Document to update

Example: {"authentication":["did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1"],"controller":["did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86"],"id":"did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86","service":[{"id":"did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#service-1","type":"MessagingService","serviceEndpoint":["https://example.com/service"]}],"verificationMethod":[{"id":"did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1","type":"Ed25519VerificationKey2018","controller":"did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86","publicKeyMultibase":"z6Mk..."}]}

optionsobjectOptional

Additional configuration options

Example: {"network":"testnet"}

Responses

200Success

application/json

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /did/cheqd/update HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 720

{
  "did": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
  "didDocument": {
    "authentication": [
      "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1"
    ],
    "controller": [
      "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86"
    ],
    "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
    "service": [
      {
        "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#service-1",
        "type": "MessagingService",
        "serviceEndpoint": [
          "https://example.com/service"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "verificationMethod": [
      {
        "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1",
        "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2018",
        "controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
        "publicKeyMultibase": "z6Mk..."
      }
    ]
  },
  "options": {
    "network": "testnet"
  }
}

200Success

{
  "did": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
  "didState": {
    "did": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
    "didDocument": {
      "authentication": [
        "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1"
      ],
      "controller": [
        "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86"
      ],
      "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
      "verificationMethod": [
        {
          "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1",
          "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
          "controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86",
          "publicKeyMultibase": "z6Mk..."
        }
      ]
    },
    "secret": {
      "signingResponse": [
        {
          "kid": "did:cheqd:testnet:099be283-4302-40cc-9850-22016bcd1d86#key-1",
          "signature": "SHFz..."
        }
      ]
    },
    "state": "finished"
  },
  "success": true
}