Universal Registrar

Update a DID

Changed on Apr 1, 2026

This endpoint updates a DID. As input it takes the existing DID, a DID document, plus optional DID registration options and secrets needed to update a DID. The output is a state object that represents the current state of the DID update process.

See the DID Registration specification for additional details.

post/update

Request

Base URL
/1.0/ (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
Auth
none declared
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/decentralized-identity/apis/universal-registrar/docs/update/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Request body

didstring required

This input field indicates the DID that is the target of the DID update operation.

didDocumentOperationstring[]

This input field indicates which update operation(s) should be applied to a DID’s associated DID document. See <a href="https://identity.foundation/did-registration/#diddocumentoperation">https://identity.foundation/did-registration/#diddocumentoperation</a>.

Example request

{
  "options": {
    "clientSecretMode": true,
    "network": "testnet"
  },
  "secret": {
    "seed": "72WGp7NgFR1Oqdi8zlt7jQQ434XR0cNQ",
    "verificationMethod": [
      {
        "id": "did:indy:sovrin:WRfXPg8dantKVubE3HX8pw#key-1",
        "type": "JsonWebKey2020",
        "privateKeyJwk": {
          "kty": "OKP",
          "crv": "Ed25519",
          "d": "NzJXR3A3TmdGUjFPcWRpOHpsdDdqUVE0MzRYUjBjTlE",
          "x": "jpIKKU2b77lNXKTNW2NGvw1GUMjU6v_l_tLJAH5uYz0"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "did": "did:indy:sovrin:WRfXPg8dantKVubE3HX8pw",
  "didDocumentOperation": [
    "setDidDocument"
  ]
}

Response

The request was successful, and the DID may or may not be fully updated yet, as indicated by the "didState.state" and "jobId" output fields. Additional state information plus metadata are available in the response body.

didRegistrationMetadataobject

didDocumentMetadataobject

Example response

{
  "didState": {
    "secret": {
      "verificationMethod": [
        {
          "id": "did:indy:sovrin:WRfXPg8dantKVubE3HX8pw#key-1",
          "type": "JsonWebKey2020",
          "privateKeyJwk": {
            "kty": "OKP",
            "crv": "Ed25519",
            "d": "NzJXR3A3TmdGUjFPcWRpOHpsdDdqUVE0MzRYUjBjTlE",
            "x": "jpIKKU2b77lNXKTNW2NGvw1GUMjU6v_l_tLJAH5uYz0"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Changes

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