The Update Framework (TUF) · Example Payload

Tuf Targets Metadata Example

Example TUF targets.json metadata file listing software packages

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Tuf Targets Metadata Example is an example object payload from The Update Framework (TUF), with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionsignedsignatures

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example TUF targets.json metadata file listing software packages",
  "signed": {
    "_type": "targets",
    "spec_version": "1.0.31",
    "version": 1,
    "expires": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "targets": {
      "myapp-1.2.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz": {
        "length": 15728640,
        "hashes": {
          "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
          "sha512": "cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e"
        },
        "custom": {
          "version": "1.2.3",
          "platform": "linux-amd64"
        }
      },
      "myapp-1.2.3-darwin-arm64.tar.gz": {
        "length": 14680064,
        "hashes": {
          "sha256": "b94d27b9934d3e08a52e52d7da7dabfac484efe04294e576bc7f7f37e3e9f7bc",
          "sha512": "9b71d224bd62f3785d96d46ad3ea3d73319bfbc2890caadae2dff72519673ca72323c3d99ba5c11d7c7acc6e14b8c5da0c4663475c2e5c3adef46f73bcdec043"
        },
        "custom": {
          "version": "1.2.3",
          "platform": "darwin-arm64"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "signatures": [
    {
      "keyid": "b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3",
      "sig": "abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
    }
  ]
}

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