Resolve a DID

Resolve a did:cheqd Decentralized Identifier (DID) to fetch the associated DID Document, using cheqd Studio.

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.

get

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

Authorizations

Path parameters

didstringRequired

DID identifier to resolve.

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

Query parameters

metadatabooleanOptional

Return only metadata of DID Document instead of actual DID Document.

versionIdstring · uuidOptional

Unique UUID version identifier of DID Document. Allows for fetching a specific version of the DID Document. See cheqd DID Method Specification for more details.

Example: 3ccde6ba-6ba5-56f2-9f4f-8825561a9860

versionTimestring · date-timeOptional

Returns the closest version of the DID Document at or before specified time. See DID Resolution handling for did:cheqd for more details.

Example: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

transformKeysstring · enumOptional

This directive transforms the Verification Method key format from the version in the DID Document to the specified format chosen below.

Possible values:

servicestringOptional

Query DID Document for a specific Service Endpoint by Service ID (e.g., service-1 in did:cheqd:mainnet:7bf81a20-633c-4cc7-bc4a-5a45801005e0#service-1). This will typically redirect to the Service Endpoint based on DID Resolution specification algorithm.

Example: service-1

relativeRefstringOptional

Relative reference is a query fragment appended to the Service Endpoint URL. Must be used along with the service query property above. See DID Resolution specification algorithm for more details.

Example: /path/to/file

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.

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /did/search/{did} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "@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"
      }
    ]
  }
}