SpruceID Identifiers API

DID resolution implementing the W3C DID Resolution HTTP binding.

Operations 1

GET /identifiers/{id} Resolve DID #

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OpenAPI Specification

spruceid-identifiers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SpruceID DIDKit HTTP Identifiers API
  description: DIDKit is SpruceID's cross-platform toolkit for working with W3C Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs).
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: SpruceID Developer Support
    email: hello@spruceid.com
    url: https://spruceid.dev/docs/didkit/
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  x-logo:
    url: https://spruceid.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080
  description: Local DIDKit HTTP server instance
tags:
- name: Identifiers
  description: DID resolution implementing the W3C DID Resolution HTTP binding.
paths:
  /identifiers/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Resolve DID
      description: Resolves a Decentralized Identifier (DID) and returns its DID Document. Implements the W3C DID Resolution HTTP binding. Supports content negotiation for DID document representation format. Use the Accept header to request a specific representation, or the application/ld+json;profile="https://w3id.org/did-resolution" media type for the full DID Resolution result including document metadata. Supported DID methods include did:key, did:web, did:ethr, and did:tz.
      operationId: resolveDid
      tags:
      - Identifiers
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The URL-encoded DID or DID URL to resolve
        schema:
          type: string
          example: did%3Akey%3Az6MktKwz7Ge1Yxzr4JHavN33wiwa8y81QdcMRLXQsrH9T53b
      - name: Accept
        in: header
        required: false
        description: Content type for the response. Use application/ld+json;profile="https://w3id.org/did-resolution" for full resolution result, or application/did+json, application/did+ld+json for DID document only.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: application/ld+json
          examples:
          - application/ld+json
          - application/ld+json;profile="https://w3id.org/did-resolution"
          - application/did+json
          - application/did+ld+json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: DID Document or DID Resolution Result
          headers:
            Content-Type:
              description: Media type of the response
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/ld+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DidDocument'
            application/did+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DidDocument'
            application/did+ld+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DidDocument'
        '301':
          description: Redirect for DID URL dereference
          headers:
            Location:
              description: URL to redirect to
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid DID format
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: DID not found or could not be resolved
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error response
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        message:
          type: string
          description: Detailed error description
    DidDocument:
      type: object
      description: A W3C DID Document
      properties:
        '@context':
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: array
            items:
              oneOf:
              - type: string
              - type: object
          example:
          - https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1
        id:
          type: string
          description: The DID this document is for
          example: did:key:z6MktKwz7Ge1Yxzr4JHavN33wiwa8y81QdcMRLXQsrH9T53b
        verificationMethod:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              controller:
                type: string
              publicKeyJwk:
                type: object
              publicKeyMultibase:
                type: string
        authentication:
          type: array
          items:
            oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
        assertionMethod:
          type: array
          items:
            oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
        keyAgreement:
          type: array
          items:
            oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: object
        service:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              serviceEndpoint:
                oneOf:
                - type: string
                - type: object
                - type: array
externalDocs:
  description: SpruceID DIDKit Documentation
  url: https://spruceid.dev/docs/didkit/