Registry API

The IDProva registry is an HTTP server for storing and resolving Agent Identity Documents. Built with Axum and SQLite, it can be self-hosted or used as a managed service.

Base URL: https://registry.idprova.dev (managed) or your self-hosted instance.

Endpoints

`GET /health`

Health check endpoint.

Response 200 OK:

{
  "status": "healthy",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "protocol": "idprova",
  "spec_version": "0.1-draft"
}

`GET /v1/meta`

Protocol metadata and supported algorithms.

Response 200 OK:

{
  "protocol": "idprova",
  "version": "0.1-draft",
  "algorithms": {
    "signing": ["Ed25519"],
    "hashing": ["BLAKE3", "SHA-256"],
    "post_quantum": ["ML-DSA-65"]
  },
  "did_method": "did:idprova"
}

`PUT /v1/aid/:id`

Path parameters:

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The agent identifier portion of the DID (e.g., `example.com:my-agent`)

Request body: AID Document as JSON (W3C DID Document format).

{
  "id": "did:idprova:example.com:my-agent",
  "controller": "did:idprova:example.com:alice",
  "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1", "https://idprova.dev/ns/v1"],
  "verificationMethod": [
    {
      "id": "did:idprova:example.com:my-agent#key-ed25519-1",
      "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
      "controller": "did:idprova:example.com:my-agent",
      "publicKeyMultibase": "z6MkhaXgBZDvotDkL5257faiztiGiC2QtKLGpbnnEGta2doK"
    }
  ],
  "authentication": ["did:idprova:example.com:my-agent#key-ed25519-1"],
  "service": []
}

Response 201 Created: AID registered successfully.

Response 200 OK: AID updated successfully.

Response 400 Bad Request: Invalid AID document structure.

`GET /v1/aid/:id`

Resolve an Agent Identity Document.

Path parameters:

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The agent identifier portion of the DID

Response 200 OK: AID Document as JSON.

Response 404 Not Found:

{
  "error": "not_found",
  "message": "AID not found: did:idprova:example.com:my-agent"
}

`DELETE /v1/aid/:id`

Soft-delete (deactivate) an Agent Identity Document.

Path parameters:

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The agent identifier portion of the DID

Response 200 OK: AID deactivated.

Response 404 Not Found: AID not found.

`GET /v1/aid/:id/key`

Extract verification methods from an AID.

Path parameters:

Parameter	Description
`:id`	The agent identifier portion of the DID

Response 200 OK:

{
  "did": "did:idprova:example.com:my-agent",
  "verificationMethod": [
    {
      "id": "did:idprova:example.com:my-agent#key-ed25519-1",
      "type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
      "publicKeyMultibase": "z6MkhaXgBZDvotDkL5257faiztiGiC2QtKLGpbnnEGta2doK"
    }
  ]
}

Response 404 Not Found: AID not found.

Running the Registry

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name idprova-registry \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -v idprova-data:/app/data \
  techblaze/idprova:latest

From Source

git clone https://github.com/techblaze-au/idprova.git
cd idprova
cargo run --release -p idprova-registry

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`IDPROVA_HOST`	`0.0.0.0`	Listen address
`IDPROVA_PORT`	`3000`	Listen port
`IDPROVA_DB_PATH`	`/app/data/registry.db`	SQLite database path
`RUST_LOG`	`info`	Log level (`debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`)

Health Check

curl http://localhost:3000/health

Next Steps

Running a Registry — Deployment guide with Docker and configuration
AID Format & DID Method — DID Document specification
CLI Commands — CLI commands for registry interaction