@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential v7.1.0

Verifiable Credential Library

Create and verify EBSI-compliant W3C Verifiable Credentials in JWT format.

This library uses DIF's did-jwt under the hood and applies additional validation rules specific to EBSI. For more details, see VC Framework.

Notes:

• this library implements the VC Data Model 1.1 specification.
• this library only supports 2020-12 JSON Schemas.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Usage
3. Axios config defaults
4. License

Installation

Using npm:

npm i --save @cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential

Using yarn:

yarn add @cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential

Usage

Configuration

All the methods described below require a configuration object. The library exports a TypeScript interface that you can use to properly define the configuration object. Here's an example of such a configuration object:

import type { EbsiEnvConfiguration } from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const config = {
  // List of trusted hosts
  hosts: ["api-pilot.ebsi.eu"],

  // Defines the URI scheme
  scheme: "ebsi",

  // Defines the network config
  network: {
    // Network component, as it appears in the URI
    name: "pilot",

    // Whether the network component is optional or not
    isOptional: false,
  },

  // The list of the supported services (with their version number)
  services: {
    "did-registry": "v5",
    "trusted-issuers-registry": "v5",
    "trusted-policies-registry": "v3",
    "trusted-schemas-registry": "v3",
  },
} as const satisfies EbsiEnvConfiguration;

Creating JWTs

Prerequisites

In order to create a valid JWT, the issuer must either be:

1. a Legal Entity (did:ebsi method). In this case, the issuer must also be registered in the DID Registry and in the Trusted Issuers Registry.
2. a Natural Person (did:key method).

Creating a Verifiable Credential as a Legal Entity

Create an EbsiIssuer object to sign JWTs:

import type { EbsiIssuer } from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";
import { ES256KSigner } from "did-jwt";

const issuer = {
  did: "did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg",
  kid: "did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg#CHxYzOqt38Sx6YBfPYhiEdgcwzWk9ty7k0LBa6h70nc",
  alg: "ES256K",
  signer: ES256KSigner(privateKey),
} satisfies EbsiIssuer;

Specify a payload matching the EbsiVerifiableAttestation interface:

import {
  createVerifiableCredentialJwt,
  type EbsiVerifiableAttestation,
} from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const vcPayload = {
  "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"],
  id: "urn:uuid:003a1dd8-a5d2-42ef-8182-e921c0a9f2cd",
  type: ["VerifiableCredential", "VerifiableAttestation"],
  issuer: "did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg",
  issuanceDate: "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  validFrom: "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  validUntil: "2050-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  expirationDate: "2031-11-30T00:00:00Z",
  issued: "2021-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  credentialSubject: {
    id: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsNgeztBFXEB9FUZCoufTjXiTUZYKkcP36i2XAQCphfxBwvXG4dAaF6pdwhrMGyaLMC81fU5ECMnt4VgMQpwh3sn5vSbUpwoaTBME78noXJaTLgkCv5KkM6VgGTfWUjH8Z2",
  },
  credentialSchema: {
    id: "https://api-pilot.ebsi.eu/trusted-schemas-registry/v3/schemas/zDpWGUBenmqXzurskry9Nsk6vq2R8thh9VSeoRqguoyMD",
    type: "FullJsonSchemaValidator2021",
  },
  termsOfUse: {
    id: "https://api-pilot.ebsi.eu/trusted-issuers-registry/v5/issuers/did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg/attributes/b40fd9b404418a44d2d9911377a03130dde450eb546c755b5b80acd782902e6d",
    type: "IssuanceCertificate",
  },
} satisfies EbsiVerifiableAttestation;

Specify the options to validate the issuer and credential:

import type { CreateVerifiableCredentialOptions } from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const options = {
  // OPTIONAL. Timeout after which the requests made by the library will fail. Default: 15 seconds
  // timeout: 15_000,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the Verifiable Credential payload or not.
  // Validation is active by default.
  // Note: even when skipValidation is set to true, the payload must be a valid EBSI Verifiable Attestation.
  // skipValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the accreditations of the VC issuer or not.
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipAccreditationsValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the credential status or not.
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipStatusValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the credential subject or not
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipCredentialSubjectValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Unix timestamp. Optional comparison date. Default: current date and time.
  // validAt: Date.now(),
  // OPTIONAL. Credential subject. This parameter is mandatory if the payload's `credentialSubject` is an array.
  // It must correspond to one of the IDs in the payload's `credentialSubject` array.
  // sub: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsNgeztBFXEB9FUZCoufTjXiTUZYKkcP36i2XAQCphfxBwvXG4dAaF6pdwhrMGyaLMC81fU5ECMnt4VgMQpwh3sn5vSbUpwoaTBME78noXJaTLgkCv5KkM6VgGTfWUjH8Z2",
  // OPTIONAL. Extra credentialSchema types. By default, the library only supports "FullJsonSchemaValidator2021" and "JsonSchema".
  // The library is not responsible for validating these extra types.
  // extraCredentialSchemaTypes: [],
} satisfies CreateVerifiableCredentialOptions;

Create a JWT by signing it with the previously configured issuer using the createVerifiableCredentialJwt function:

const vcJwt = await createVerifiableCredentialJwt(
  vcPayload,
  issuer,
  config,
  options,
);
console.log(vcJwt);
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Creating a Verifiable Credential as a Natural Person

Create an EbsiIssuer object to sign JWTs:

import type { EbsiIssuer } from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";
import { ES256Signer } from "did-jwt";

const issuer = {
  did: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsALgKJNpKj7U9jdYAHu3nxJ4fonckTBBGWELRpHJZ9dBKRzGebbNYTz6bWtaTM3zyyWnrkfb8w5owU1ECw2W7u1Rz2B5MgocMnnaa9wzDB3paEQvcgth9ErYawbNu9MLLc",
  kid: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsALgKJNpKj7U9jdYAHu3nxJ4fonckTBBGWELRpHJZ9dBKRzGebbNYTz6bWtaTM3zyyWnrkfb8w5owU1ECw2W7u1Rz2B5MgocMnnaa9wzDB3paEQvcgth9ErYawbNu9MLLc#z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsALgKJNpKj7U9jdYAHu3nxJ4fonckTBBGWELRpHJZ9dBKRzGebbNYTz6bWtaTM3zyyWnrkfb8w5owU1ECw2W7u1Rz2B5MgocMnnaa9wzDB3paEQvcgth9ErYawbNu9MLLc",
  alg: "ES256",
  signer: ES256Signer(privateKey),
} satisfies EbsiIssuer;

Specify a payload matching the EbsiVerifiableAttestation interface:

import {
  createVerifiableCredentialJwt,
  type EbsiVerifiableAttestation,
} from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const vcPayload = {
  "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"],
  id: "urn:uuid:003a1dd8-a5d2-42ef-8182-e921c0a9f2cd",
  type: ["VerifiableCredential", "VerifiableAttestation"],
  issuer:
    "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsALgKJNpKj7U9jdYAHu3nxJ4fonckTBBGWELRpHJZ9dBKRzGebbNYTz6bWtaTM3zyyWnrkfb8w5owU1ECw2W7u1Rz2B5MgocMnnaa9wzDB3paEQvcgth9ErYawbNu9MLLc",
  issuanceDate: "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  validFrom: "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  validUntil: "2050-11-01T00:00:00Z",
  expirationDate: "2031-11-30T00:00:00Z",
  issued: "2021-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  credentialSubject: {
    id: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbrDgYJoht124ErdE8UUmbXR1gE7MnCayN6VZNuVMBZH2MfNVvbHJNYiHfWBWp3E3X5JnJYadaaL8pyJWh1a6JYpAkDKhUtefYDNZcv3BdDMvfp7auC1DVjs8ECRmKPPCw7r",
  },
  credentialSchema: {
    id: "https://api-pilot.ebsi.eu/trusted-schemas-registry/v3/schemas/zDpWGUBenmqXzurskry9Nsk6vq2R8thh9VSeoRqguoyMD",
    type: "FullJsonSchemaValidator2021",
  },
} satisfies EbsiVerifiableAttestation;

Specify the options to validate the issuer and credential:

import type { CreateVerifiableCredentialOptions } from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const options = {
  timeout: 15_000,
} as const satisfies CreateVerifiableCredentialOptions;

Create a JWT by signing it with the previously configured issuer using the createVerifiableCredentialJwt function:

const vcJwt = await createVerifiableCredentialJwt(
  vcPayload,
  issuer,
  config,
  options,
);
console.log(vcJwt);
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Verifying JWTs

Prerequisites

Verify a VC JWT using the verifyCredentialJwt function:

import {
  verifyCredentialJwt,
  type VerifyCredentialOptions,
} from "@cef-ebsi/verifiable-credential";

const vcJwt =
  "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NksiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiOiJkaWQ6ZWJzaTp6eGFZYVV0Yjhwdm9BdFlOV2JLY3ZlZyNDSHhZek9xdDM4U3g2WUJmUFloaUVkZ2N3eldrOXR5N2swTEJhNmg3MG5jIn0.eyJqdGkiOiJ1cm46dXVpZDowMDNhMWRkOC1hNWQyLTQyZWYtODE4Mi1lOTIxYzBhOWYyY2QiLCJzdWIiOiJkaWQ6a2V5OnoyZG16RDgxY2dQeDhWa2k3SmJ1dU1tRllyV1BnWW95dHlrVVozZXlxaHQxajlLYnNOZ2V6dEJGWEVCOUZVWkNvdWZUalhpVFVaWUtrY1AzNmkyWEFRQ3BoZnhCd3ZYRzRkQWFGNnBkd2hyTUd5YUxNQzgxZlU1RUNNbnQ0VmdNUXB3aDNzbjV2U2JVcHdvYVRCTUU3OG5vWEphVExna0N2NUtrTTZWZ0dUZldVakg4WjIiLCJpc3MiOiJkaWQ6ZWJzaTp6eGFZYVV0Yjhwdm9BdFlOV2JLY3ZlZyIsIm5iZiI6MTYzNTcyNDgwMCwiZXhwIjoxOTUzNzYzMjAwLCJpYXQiOjE2MzU1NTIwMDAsInZjIjp7IkBjb250ZXh0IjpbImh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDE4L2NyZWRlbnRpYWxzL3YxIl0sImlkIjoidXJuOnV1aWQ6MDAzYTFkZDgtYTVkMi00MmVmLTgxODItZTkyMWMwYTlmMmNkIiwidHlwZSI6WyJWZXJpZmlhYmxlQ3JlZGVudGlhbCIsIlZlcmlmaWFibGVBdHRlc3RhdGlvbiJdLCJpc3N1ZXIiOiJkaWQ6ZWJzaTp6eGFZYVV0Yjhwdm9BdFlOV2JLY3ZlZyIsImlzc3VhbmNlRGF0ZSI6IjIwMjEtMTEtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwidmFsaWRGcm9tIjoiMjAyMS0xMS0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJ2YWxpZFVudGlsIjoiMjA1MC0xMS0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJleHBpcmF0aW9uRGF0ZSI6IjIwMzEtMTEtMzBUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwiaXNzdWVkIjoiMjAyMS0xMC0zMFQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJjcmVkZW50aWFsU3ViamVjdCI6eyJpZCI6ImRpZDprZXk6ejJkbXpEODFjZ1B4OFZraTdKYnV1TW1GWXJXUGdZb3l0eWtVWjNleXFodDFqOUtic05nZXp0QkZYRUI5RlVaQ291ZlRqWGlUVVpZS2tjUDM2aTJYQVFDcGhmeEJ3dlhHNGRBYUY2cGR3aHJNR3lhTE1DODFmVTVFQ01udDRWZ01RcHdoM3NuNXZTYlVwd29hVEJNRTc4bm9YSmFUTGdrQ3Y1S2tNNlZnR1RmV1VqSDhaMiJ9LCJjcmVkZW50aWFsU2NoZW1hIjp7ImlkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcGktcGlsb3QuZWJzaS5ldS90cnVzdGVkLXNjaGVtYXMtcmVnaXN0cnkvdjMvc2NoZW1hcy96M01nVUZVa2I3MjJ1cTR4M2R2NXlBSm1uTm16REZlSzVVQzh4ODNRb2VMSk0iLCJ0eXBlIjoiRnVsbEpzb25TY2hlbWFWYWxpZGF0b3IyMDIxIn0sInRlcm1zT2ZVc2UiOnsiaWQiOiJodHRwczovL2FwaS1waWxvdC5lYnNpLmV1L3RydXN0ZWQtaXNzdWVycy1yZWdpc3RyeS92NS9pc3N1ZXJzL2RpZDplYnNpOnp4YVlhVXRiOHB2b0F0WU5XYktjdmVnL2F0dHJpYnV0ZXMvYjQwZmQ5YjQwNDQxOGE0NGQyZDk5MTEzNzdhMDMxMzBkZGU0NTBlYjU0NmM3NTViNWI4MGFjZDc4MjkwMmU2ZCIsInR5cGUiOiJJc3N1YW5jZUNlcnRpZmljYXRlIn19fQ.I8Im8azp0pSnM4z_jqGTTfYUg7K802POR2LTJftVfjYtMt82Cik2Z_KGOG7dHhx13R6VGVZKg9134ke1bKhtPw";

const options = {
  // OPTIONAL. Timeout after which the requests made by the library will fail. Default: 15 seconds
  // timeout: 15_000,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether the JSON to JWT transformation will remove the original fields from the input payload.
  // Default: true
  // removeOriginalFields: true,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the accreditations of the VC issuer or not.
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipAccreditationsValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the credential status or not.
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipStatusValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether to validate the credential subject or not
  // Validation is active by default.
  // skipCredentialSubjectValidation: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Unix timestamp. Optional comparison date. Default: current date and time.
  // For the JWT to be valid, `nbf` ≤ `validAt` ≤ `exp`.
  // validAt: 1686048193,
  // OPTIONAL. Determines whether or not to validate the issuer's accreditations when `termsOfUse` is missing. Default: false
  // validateAccreditationWithoutTermsOfUse: false,
  // OPTIONAL. Credential subject. This parameter is mandatory if the payload's `credentialSubject` is an array.
  // It must correspond to one of the IDs in the payload's `credentialSubject` array.
  // sub: "did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsNgeztBFXEB9FUZCoufTjXiTUZYKkcP36i2XAQCphfxBwvXG4dAaF6pdwhrMGyaLMC81fU5ECMnt4VgMQpwh3sn5vSbUpwoaTBME78noXJaTLgkCv5KkM6VgGTfWUjH8Z2",
  // OPTIONAL. Extra credentialSchema types. By default, the library only supports "FullJsonSchemaValidator2021" and "JsonSchema".
  // The library is not responsible for validating these extra types.
  // extraCredentialSchemaTypes: [],
} satisfies VerifyCredentialOptions;

const verifiedVc = await verifyCredentialJwt(vcJwt, config, options);

console.log(verifiedVc);
/*
{
  '@context': [ 'https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1' ],
  id: 'urn:uuid:003a1dd8-a5d2-42ef-8182-e921c0a9f2cd',
  type: [ 'VerifiableCredential', 'VerifiableAttestation' ],
  issuer: 'did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg',
  issuanceDate: '2021-11-01T00:00:00Z',
  validFrom: '2021-11-01T00:00:00Z',
  validUntil: '2050-11-01T00:00:00Z',
  expirationDate: '2031-11-30T00:00:00Z',
  issued: '2021-10-30T00:00:00Z',
  credentialSubject: {
    id: 'did:key:z2dmzD81cgPx8Vki7JbuuMmFYrWPgYoytykUZ3eyqht1j9KbsNgeztBFXEB9FUZCoufTjXiTUZYKkcP36i2XAQCphfxBwvXG4dAaF6pdwhrMGyaLMC81fU5ECMnt4VgMQpwh3sn5vSbUpwoaTBME78noXJaTLgkCv5KkM6VgGTfWUjH8Z2'
  },
  credentialSchema: {
    id: 'https://api-pilot.ebsi.eu/trusted-schemas-registry/v3/schemas/zDpWGUBenmqXzurskry9Nsk6vq2R8thh9VSeoRqguoyMD',
    type: 'FullJsonSchemaValidator2021'
  },
  termsOfUse: {
    id: 'https://api-pilot.ebsi.eu/trusted-issuers-registry/v5/issuers/did:ebsi:zxaYaUtb8pvoAtYNWbKcveg/attributes/b40fd9b404418a44d2d9911377a03130dde450eb546c755b5b80acd782902e6d',
    type: 'IssuanceCertificate'
  }
}
*/

Verification process

The verification of the credentials is performed using the following process:

1. Header

• The alg property must be ES256, ES256K, or EdDSA.
• The kid property must contain the DID of the issuer and the fragment identifier allowing to know which verification method to use.

2. Basic properties in the payload

• The payload must contain a vc property containing an EBSI Verifiable Attestation.
• The iss property must match the VC issuer vc.issuer.
• The sub property must match the VC credential subject vc.credentialSubject.id.
• The jti property must match the VC ID vc.id.
• The iat property must refer to the date in VC issued vc.issued.
• The nbf property must refer to the date in VC valid from vc.validFrom.
• The exp property mush refer to date in VC expiration date vc.expirationDate in the case it is defined.

3. Signature

• The signature must be validated against the verification method from the DID document corresponding to the VC JWT kid header.

4. Extra validations to the VC payload

• Validation of @context.
• Validation of type.
• Validation of dates.

5. Issuer in Trusted Issuers Registry

If the issuer is a Legal Entity:

• The issuer must be registered in the Trusted Issuers Registry.

Additionally, if the VC is an attestation with accreditation:

• The VC must contain a termsOfUse property pointing to the accreditations of the issuer.
• The issuer must be accredited to issue the types present in the credential.

6. Credential subject

• The credential subject must be a valid DID, using either the did:ebsi v1 method (Legal Entity) or the did:key method (Natural Person).

7. Credential schema

• The VC credential schema(s) must link to valid EBSI credential schemas, registered in the Trusted Schemas Registry.
• The credential payload is validated against the aforementioned JSON Schemas.

Axios config defaults

The library uses the global axios instance to make HTTP requests. If needed, you can specify config defaults. More information on axios configuration can be found here.

For instance, if you want to override the default HTTPS agent with a custom agent using https-proxy-agent, you can do it like so:

import axios from "axios";
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";

axios.defaults.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent("http://168.63.76.32:3128");

License

Copyright (C) 2025 European Union

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC LICENCE v. 1.2 as published by the European Union.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC LICENCE v. 1.2 for further details.

You should have received a copy of the EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC LICENCE v. 1.2. along with this program. If not, see https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12.