How to revoke a JSON credential
This guide can be used to perform the following common revocation operations:
Prerequisites
- The
idobtained from the response when you created the credential. Note that this credential must haverevocableset totrue.
Revoke a credential
Request
Make a request of the following structure to revoke a JSON credential:
HTTP
POST /v2/credentials/web-semantic/{id}/revocation-statusid: Replace with theidof the credential you wish to revoke.
Request body
JSON
{
"isRevoked": true
}You can make a similar request with isRevoked set to false to validate a revoked credential.
Response
JSON
{
"isRevoked": true
}isRevoked: Indicates revocation status for the credential. Whentruethe credential will not be verified as valid.
Revocation lists are cached for a certain amount of time. Updating a revocation status might take some time to reflect in verification workflows.
Retrieve a credential’s revocation status
Request
Make a request of the following structure to retrieve the revocation status of a JSON credential:
HTTP
POST /v2/credentials/web-semantic/{id}/revocation-statusResponse
JSON
{
"isRevoked": true
}isRevoked: Indicates revocation status for the credential. Whentruethe credential will not be verified as valid.