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AT Protocol Identity API

DID and handle resolution (com.atproto.identity.*)

AT Protocol Identity API is one of 12 APIs that AT Protocol publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Identity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://bsky.social, https://api.bsky.app.

1 operations 1 paths 0 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://atproto.com/xrpc
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

AT Protocol Identity API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — AT Protocol XRPC bearer auth using the accessJwt returned by com.atproto.server.createSession. The refreshJwt is used for com.atproto.server.refreshSession.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Identity 1

DID and handle resolution (com.atproto.identity.)

GET
/xrpc/com.atproto.identity.resolveHandle
Resolve a handle to a DID
1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

at-protocol-identity-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs AT Protocol publishes across the network.

AT Protocol XRPC API
AT Protocol Lexicon Schemas
Personal Data Server (PDS) API
AT Protocol Relay & Firehose
Bluesky AppView API
AT Protocol Identity (DID & Handles)
AT Protocol Actor API
AT Protocol Feed API
AT Protocol Graph API
AT Protocol Repo API
AT Protocol Server API