@windingtree/org.id-resolver

ORG.ID DID Resolver Library

DID Resolver of the Winding Tree ORG.ID protocol

Initial setup

npm i
npm link

Tests

npm run test
npm run test ./<path_to_test_file>.js

Tests coverage

npm run coverage

Linting

npm run lint

Usage

$ npm i @windingtree/org.id-resolver

const Web3 = require('web3');
const { OrgIdResolver, httpFetchMethod } = require('@windingtree/org.id-resolver');

const web3 = new Web3('<WEB3_PROVIDER_URI>');
const resolver = new OrgIdResolver({
    web3, 
    orgId: '<ORGID_INSTANCE_ADDRESS>'
});
resolver.registerFetchMethod(httpFetchMethod); // Allowing to fetch files from the web

const result = await resolver.resolve('did:orgid:0x62a7502f4c44d8147b8f7b2a1dbeb8503e8446e77355bb2e4ebf999c7ecc5808');

The result will look like:

{
    didDocument: {
        '@context': [
            'https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1',
            'https://windingtree.com/ns/orgid/v1' 
        ],
        id: 'did:orgid:0x62a7502f4c44d8147b8f7b2a1dbeb8503e8446e77355bb2e4ebf999c7ecc5808',
        created: '2019-01-01T13:10:02.251Z',
        updated: '2019-06-03T13:20:06.398Z',
        publicKey: [ [Object], [Object] ],
        service: [ [Object] ],
        trust: { assertions: [Array], credentials: [Array] },
        legalEntity:
        {
            legalName: 'Acme, Corp.',
            alternativeName: 'Acme',
            legalIdentifier: 'US12345567',
            identifiers: [Array],
            legalType: 'GmBH',
            registeredAddress: [Object],
            locations: [Array],
            contacts: [Array] 
        } 
    },
    id: '0x62a7502f4c44d8147b8f7b2a1dbeb8503e8446e77355bb2e4ebf999c7ecc5808',
    lifDeposit: {
        deposit: "1000000000000000000000",
        withdrawalRequest: null
    },
    errors: [
        {
            "title": "Trust error",
            "source": {
                "pointer": "trust.assertions[0]"
            },
            "detail": "cannot get the proof"
        }
    ],
    resolverMetadata: {
        "version": "0.2.5",
        retrieved: '2020-02-21T18:14:13.278Z',
        duration: 979 
    }
}

Resolver flow

• DID syntax validation
• Fetching of the DID document
• Comparing hashes of obtained DID document and stored on the ORG.ID smart contract
• Validation DID document object against ORG.ID JSON schema (for more information see the package @windingtree/org.json-schema)
• Verification of trust records (if defined in the DID document on the path trust.assertions. trust.credentials are ignored for now but will be enable in future versions)
• Checking of the Lif deposit status for the organization

If any errors occurred on any step then these errors will be placed to the errors section of the resolvers response.

Common schema of the error message is look like:

{
    // Error title, that has {string} value
    "title": "Trust error",
    "source": {

        // The source of the error. In depends on error nature this
        // option can be a {string} or {Object}
        "pointer": "trust.assertions[0]"
    },
    // Error explanation
    "detail": "cannot get the proof"
}

Response Schema

The response of the resolver contains the following information

{
    // An object that has been resolved from the given DID. 
    // Can be equal to `null` if JSON file not passed hashes equality check 
    // or if the file is not passed validation against the ORG.ID schema
    "didDocument": {...},

    // Organization identifier
    "id": "<organization_id>",
    
    // An object that contains information about Lif deposit 
    // and deposit withdrawal request existance
    "lifDeposit": {
        "deposit": "1000000000000000000000",
        // null or object with information about request
        "withdrawalRequest": null
    },

    // List of errors that happen during the resolving flow
    "errors": [
        {
            "title": "Trust error",
            "source": {
                "pointer": "trust.assertions[0]"
            },
            "detail": "cannot get the proof"
        },
        {...}
    ],

    // Resolver meta-data like version, date of result and process duration
    "resolverMetadata": {
        "version": "0.2.5",
        "retrieved": "2020-02-21T18:14:13.278Z",
        "duration": 979 
    }
}

Fetching methods

At least one fetching method is required to the proper working of the resolver. This library provides a simple fetching method of a file that available via http/https - httpFetchMethod.

To use this method you can get its configuration from the package this way:

const { OrgIdResolver, httpFetchMethod } = require('@windingtree/org.id-resolver');
const resolver = new OrgIdResolver({...});
resolver.registerFetchMethod(httpFetchMethod);// fetching method should be registered

Future versions of DID resolver library will support more fetching methods like: IPFS, Swarm and Arweave

Creation of custom fetching methods is quite simple task. Look at the example of simple fetching method configuration:

// Configuration of the custom fetching method
module.exports = {
    // Unique fetcher name
    name: 'custom_fetcher',

    // Regular expression for matching your custom URIs
    pattern: '^yourpatternrule:',

    // Fetching function
    fetch: async uri => {
        const data = await yourCustomFetch(uri);
        return data;
    }
};