Resolve a DID

Resolve a DID to fetch the associated DID Documet

A user is able to input a DID (string) as a request format and resolve the DID to fetch the associated DID Document, DID Resolution Metadata and DID Document metadata.

Resolve a DID Document.

Resolve a DID Document by DID identifier. Also supports DID Resolution Queries as defined in the W3C DID Resolution specification.

GET/did/search/{did}

Path parameters

did*string

DID identifier to resolve.

Example: "did:cheqd:mainnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0"

Query parameters

Response

200400401500

The request was successful.

Body

application/json

@contextstring

Example: "https://w3id.org/did-resolution/v1"

didDidResolutionMetadataDidResolutionMetadata (object)

didDocumentDidDocument (object)

This input field contains either a complete DID document, or an incremental change (diff) to a DID document. See Universal DID Registrar specification.

didDocumentMetadataDidDocumentMetadata (object)

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('/did/search/{did}', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200

{
  "@context": "https://w3id.org/did-resolution/v1",
  "didDidResolutionMetadata": {
    "contentType": "application/did+ld+json",
    "retrieved": "2021-09-01T12:00:00Z",
    "did": {
      "didString": "did:cheqd:testnet:55dbc8bf-fba3-4117-855c-1e0dc1d3bb47",
      "method": "cheqd",
      "methodSpecificId": "55dbc8bf-fba3-4117-855c-1e0dc1d3bb47"
    }
  },
  "didDocument": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1"
    ],
    "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0",
    "controller": [
      "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0"
    ],
    "verificationMethod": [
      {
        "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0#key-1",
        "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2018",
        "controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0",
        "publicKeyBase58": "z6MkkVbyHJLLjdjU5B62DaJ4mkdMdUkttf9UqySSkA9bVTeZ"
      }
    ],
    "authentication": [
      "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0#key-1"
    ],
    "service": [
      {
        "id": "did:cheqd:testnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0#service-1",
        "type": "LinkedDomains",
        "serviceEndpoint": [
          "https://example.com"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "didDocumentMetadata": {
    "created": "2021-09-01T12:00:00Z",
    "deactivated": false,
    "updated": "2021-09-10T12:00:00Z",
    "versionId": "3ccde6ba-6ba5-56f2-9f4f-8825561a9860",
    "linkedResourceMetadata": [
      {
        "resourceURI": "did:cheqd:testnet:55dbc8bf-fba3-4117-855c-1e0dc1d3bb47/resources/398cee0a-efac-4643-9f4c-74c48c72a14b",
        "resourceCollectionId": "55dbc8bf-fba3-4117-855c-1e0dc1d3bb47",
        "resourceId": "398cee0a-efac-4643-9f4c-74c48c72a14b",
        "resourceName": "cheqd-issuer-logo",
        "resourceType": "CredentialArtwork",
        "mediaType": "image/png",
        "resourceVersion": "1.0",
        "checksum": "a95380f460e63ad939541a57aecbfd795fcd37c6d78ee86c885340e33a91b559",
        "created": "2021-09-01T12:00:00Z",
        "nextVersionId": "d4829ac7-4566-478c-a408-b44767eddadc",
        "previousVersionId": "ad7a8442-3531-46eb-a024-53953ec6e4ff"
      }
    ]
  }
}