Identity

This API suite is focused on managing Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), allowing for their creation, retrieval, and management within an identity system.

Retrieves a list of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)

GET /api/v1/identity/dids

An entity in the Identus system can have several identities (or DIDs). We can retrieve them all with thisa API call.

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	apikey = {Alice's key}

Body

Response

200

{
    "data": [
        {
            "did": "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b",
            "status": "PUBLISHED"
        }
    ]
}

401

Retrieve information about a specific DID

didRef can be a short-form or a long-form DID reference

GET /api/v1/identity/dids/{didRef}

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	apikey = {Alice's key}

Body

Response

200

```json
{
    "data": {
        "@context": "https://w3id.org/did-resolution/v1",
        "didDocument": {
            "@context": [
                "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1",
                "https://w3id.org/security/suites/jws-2020/v1"
            ],
            "id": "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b",
            "controller": "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b",
            "verificationMethod": [
                {
                    "id": "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b#key-1",
                    "type": "JsonWebKey2020",
                    "controller": "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b",
                    "publicKeyJwk": {
                        "crv": "secp256k1",
                        "x": "D0v51KIo8kFXhfw_BsU7qTeNtLFXGpKI5-Ql1XvsdqE",
                        "y": "zZHNvxuTKpqmcptp6dvXwB1pHLHvOHL2vpzSwGWSK3o",
                        "kty": "EC"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "authentication": [
                "did:prism:a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b#key-1"
            ],
            "assertionMethod": [],
            "keyAgreement": [],
            "capabilityInvocation": [],
            "capabilityDelegation": [],
            "service": []
        },
        "didDocumentMetadata": {
            "deactivated": false,
            "versionId": "a3ec71a39fb5bd87d198daca17975f63cf5b95677447e5775a9edaf4c5b0448b",
            "created": "2024-10-03T12:20:39Z",
            "updated": "2024-10-03T12:20:39Z"
        },
        "didResolutionMetadata": {
            "contentType": "application/ld+json; profile=https://w3id.org/did-resolution"
        }
    }
}
```

401

Create a new DID for a specific purpose

POST /api/v1/identity/did

Returns a JSON object with the created DID information, including a "longFormDid"

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	apikey = {Alice's key}

Body

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a short ID for the DID doc entry (eg: "key-2")
purpose	"authentication" or "issue"	purpose of the DID that will be created (if null, no DID created)

Response

201

{
    "data": {
        "longDid": "did:prism:ca602ff65d8021bb4b77cbce6df6917e0b062d73f8c5fb7d0d6c3cded5874d88:CnoKeBI5CgVrZXktMhAESi4KCXNlY3AyNTZrMRIhAzr3b-JL0o2Bf_BIkN3EMtrz98De9ZHNVuMqDqACJ2g4EjsKB21hc3RlcjAQAUouCglzZWNwMjU2azESIQNvYKqeSymguB2PxKtRoTWlqUsODAkrOqaa0MXc9Sg7fA",
        "wasPublished": true
    }
}

401

Adds a purpose to an existing DID

PATCH /api/v1/identity/did/{did}

{did} is the short (published) DID to update

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	apikey = {Alice's key}

Body

Name	Type	Description
id	string	a short ID for the DID doc entry (eg: "issue-2")
purpose	"authentication" or "issue"	another purpose for the existing DID

Response

200

{
  "data": {
        "longDid": "did:prism:ca602ff65d8021bb4b77cbce6df6917e0b062d73f8c5fb7d0d6c3cded5874d88:CnoKeBI5CgVrZXktMhAESi4KCXNlY3AyNTZrMRIhAzr3b-JL0o2Bf_BIkN3EMtrz98De9ZHNVuMqDqACJ2g4EjsKB21hc3RlcjAQAUouCglzZWNwMjU2azESIQNvYKqeSymguB2PxKtRoTWlqUsODAkrOqaa0MXc9Sg7fA",
        "wasPublished": true
    }
}

401