Resolve DID

Resolve a DID to its W3C DID 1.1 Document. Only DIDs with ACTIVE status resolve; an unknown or non-active DID returns 404. The document lists every registered key under verificationMethod, while authentication and assertionMethod reference only non-revoked keys.

GET /did/resolve/{did}

Resolve DID

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/did/resolve/{did}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1",
    "https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1"
  ],
  "id": "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "verificationMethod": [
    {
      "id": "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-1",
      "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
      "controller": "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      "publicKeyMultibase": "z6MkhaXgBZDvotDkL5257faiztiGiC2QtKLGpbnnEGta2doK"
    }
  ],
  "authentication": [
    "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-1"
  ],
  "assertionMethod": [
    "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-1"
  ],
  "keyAgreement": [
    "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-2"
  ]
}

Headers

API-Version · string

Pin request, response, and webhook shapes to a specific dated API version (YYYY-MM-DD). Omit to use the version pinned to your API key (set when the key is created; new keys default to the latest version). New integrations should target the latest version.

Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$

Example:

"2026-07-06"

Path Parameters

did · string · required

The DID to resolve — a Humanos did:web identifier such as did:web:humanos.tech:org:<uuid> or did:web:humanos.tech:user:<uuid>. URL-encode the DID before placing it in the path (it contains : separators).

Example:

"did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Response

200

application/json

The resolved W3C DID 1.1 Document for the requested DID.

@context · string[] · required

JSON-LD contexts. MUST include the DID core v1 context.

Example:

[
  "https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1",
  "https://w3id.org/security/multikey/v1"
]

id · string · required

The DID this document describes

Example:

"did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

verificationMethod · object[] · required

Verification methods declared for this DID

Show child attributes

authentication · string[]

Verification method IDs authorized for authentication

Example:

[
  "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-1"
]

assertionMethod · string[]

Verification method IDs authorized for making assertions

Example:

[
  "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-1"
]

keyAgreement · string[]

Verification method IDs authorized for key agreement

Example:

[
  "did:web:humanos.tech:org:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000#key-2"
]