REST API

In the following examples, replacehttps://lto.example.com with the domain or IP address of your node.

Authorization

A node can be configured with an authorization token. This can be done in case the api of the node is exposed publicly. Once the token is configured the anchoring of hash on the chain requires an authorization header

Authorization: bearer <token>

Anchor a hash on the blockchain

POST https://lto.example.com/hash

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
hash	string
encoding	string

200

{
  "chainpoint": {
    "@context": "https://w3id.org/chainpoint/v2",
    "type": "ChainpointSHA256v2",
    "targetHash": "8c4b53f85243892edcbb3ccec947269f95ba3da2e84fee84fcc277b19fb68044",
    "anchors": [
      {
        "type": "LTODataTransaction",
        "sourceId": "6KVLV6zRSVR8tqCZZ9cqsbUJkP8fNDiY12CmXrGnrwTd"
      }
    ],
    "block": {
      "height": "483025"
    },
    "transaction": {
      "position": "0"
    }
  }
}

400

500

Verify if a hash was anchored

GET https://lto.example.com/hash/:hash

Get chainpoint info of an anchored hash.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
hash	string	anchor hash in hexadecimal format

200

{
  "chainpoint": {
    "@context": "https://w3id.org/chainpoint/v2",
    "type": "ChainpointSHA256v2",
    "targetHash": "8c4b53f85243892edcbb3ccec947269f95ba3da2e84fee84fcc277b19fb68044",
    "anchors": [
      {
        "type": "LTODataTransaction",
        "sourceId": "6KVLV6zRSVR8tqCZZ9cqsbUJkP8fNDiY12CmXrGnrwTd"
      }
    ],
    "block": {
      "height": "483025"
    },
    "transaction": {
      "position": "0"
    }
  }
}

404

500

Verify if a hash was anchored

GET https://lto.example.com/hash/:hash/encoding/:encoding

Get chainpoint info of an anchored hash in given encoding.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
hash	string	anchored hash
encoding	string	The encoding in which the hash is given. Options are (hex, base58, base64)

200

{
  "chainpoint": {
    "@context": "https://w3id.org/chainpoint/v2",
    "type": "ChainpointSHA256v2",
    "targetHash": "8c4b53f85243892edcbb3ccec947269f95ba3da2e84fee84fcc277b19fb68044",
    "anchors": [
      {
        "type": "LTODataTransaction",
        "sourceId": "6KVLV6zRSVR8tqCZZ9cqsbUJkP8fNDiY12CmXrGnrwTd"
      }
    ],
    "block": {
      "height": "483025"
    },
    "transaction": {
      "position": "0"
    }
  }
}

400

404

500