Introduction

To use any of the API endpoints, you first need to acquire an API key. Contact us on enquiries@block.co to get your API key.

Block.co's API provides you with programmatic access to all of the platform's functionality and features, allowing you to issue, revoke and disseminate blockchain-anchored digital documents, without having to handle the low-level technical challenges of blockchain systems.

If you are looking for the API documentation for Block.co's NFT platform, you can find it here.

To gain access to the API you need to request an API key at enquiries@block.co.

Every request should contain an HTTP header Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY.

Please note that all API endpoint URLs should have a trailing slash `/` at the end.

Create Issuance

POST/issuance/

Creates an issuance of one or more documents and anchors it on the blockchain. The issuance will first have a "PROCESSING" (15) status where the documents are being processed and then a "ISSUED_PENDING" (20) status until the next block is added in the blockchain (average time ~10 minutes). The status then becomes "ISSUED" (25). Until the issuance's status becomes "ISSUED" (25), the issuance's documents will not be valid when validated. You can periodically check GET /issuance/{issuance_id}/ for the issuance status change. If the client has the private key is his ownership, the response is different, it contains information about the transaction and the raw data of the unsigned transaction that has to be signed and published to anchor the certificate files.

This request's Content-Type should be multipart/form-data. The "file" field contains a list of PDFs that are to be anchored, and the rest of the options provide access to the various issuance settings.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
file file FormData Required A list of the PDF(s) to be issued. Example: S0001-John_Smith.pdf, S0002-Robert_Plant.pdf
name string FormData Required The issuance name. It will not be published on the blockchain, it is used for archiving purposes. Example: Test issuance
description string FormData Optional An optional description for the issuance. It will not be published on the blockchain, it's used for archiving purposes. Example: Test description
expiry_date ISO date string FormData Optional An optional expiry date for the documents of the issuance. Example 2020-05-14T21:00:00.000Z
metadata JSON string FormData Optional A JSON string that contains individual information (metadata) for each document. This information will be injected into each document. Example: '{"S0001-John_Smith.pdf": {"name": "John Smith", "degree": "Economics"}, "S0002-Robert_Plant.pdf": {"name": "Robert Plant", "degree": "Mathematics"}}'
cert_metadata_columns JSON string FormData Optional An optional JSON string that controls visibility, label and ordering and will be used for each metadata column when validating a document. This is only used if the metadata field was included in the request. If metadata is present and this is ommitted, the metadata fields will all be visible and have random ordering. Example: {"columns":[{"id":{"order":0,"label":"id","hide":true}},{"name":{"order":1,"label":"name","hide":false}},{"email":{"order":2,"label":"email","hide":true}}]}.
certificates_public Boolean FormData Optional If set to true, a public link (e.g. https://app.block.co/certificate/a1234-b56d7-....) will be created that will display and validate the document when visited. . There's also the option to provide a custom subdomain that you own that will be used for creating the public links (contact us to enable this function). Default: false
qr_code Boolean FormData Optional If set to true, a page with a QR-code will be appended to each PDF document. Scanning this code with any QR-code scanner application will visit the public link of the document. This option requires certificates_public option to be enabled. Default: false
webhook String FormData Optional If this is set to a URL, this URL will receive a POST request with body { issuanceId: XX } when the issuance with this ID is confirmed on the blockchain. Example https://example.org/issuance-ready

Response

{ issuanceId: 212 }

OR

{
    'issuanceId': 73,
    'tx_raw': '0200000001239f415e2b221d58cd142b1e3b7d20fb57488a4c9c316bf351cb4879d153b3040000000000ffffffff02b11f000000000000160014bb2063399ef159d8647671e5f41d55ba049e3ab00000000000000000326a3043524544000100042020202020202020bf8b7b3fe6cf3f4b5cea6d5a0b50729e1707fd4183cc1778dfeb270598b0ae3100000000',
    'address': 'tltc1qhvsxxwv779vaserkw8jlg824hgzfuw4svevc27',
    'tx_inputs': {
    '04b353d17948cb51f36b319c4c8a4857fb207d3b1e2b14cd581d222b5e419f23': 0.00013183
    }
}
                                        

Create Issuance

POST/issuance/{issuance_id}/sendsignedtx/

This endpoint is only for users which have the private key in their ownership, sends a signed transaction to server in order to be validated and published to the network. The issuance will first have a "PROCESSING" (15) status where the documents are being processed and then a "ISSUED_PENDING" (20) status until the next block is added in the blockchain (average time ~10 minutes). The status then becomes "ISSUED" (25). Until the issuance's status becomes "ISSUED" (25), the issuance's documents will not be valid when validated. You can periodically check GET /issuance/{issuance_id}/ for the issuance status change.

This request's Content-Type should be multipart/form-data. The "file" field contains a list of PDFs that are to be anchored, and the rest of the options provide access to the various issuance settings.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
txraw String FormData Required The raw data of signed transaction
issuance_id int URL Required The id of the issuance to be revoked.

Response

 { 'issuanceId': 71, 'txid': '04b353d17948cb51f36b319c4c8a4857fb207d3b1e2b14cd581d222b5e419f23' }

Create multi-issuance

POST/multi-issuance/

This endpoint is similar to the Create issuance endpoint, but it is meant to be used to issue documents on behalf or your account's sub-clients (see Sub-clients section). The only difference with the "Create Issuance" endpoint is that the CSV string in the request should contain a column __SUB_CLIENT_ID__ associating each document with a sub-client that was created by your account.)

Note: In order to use this feature your account should be authorized for this. Please contact us for more details.

Creates an issuance of one or more documents and anchors it on the blockchain. The issuance will be on a "ISSUED_PENDING" (20) state until the next block is added in the blockchain (average time ~10 minutes). Until the issuance's status becomes "ISSUED" (25), the issuance's documents will not be valid when validated. You can periodically check GET /issuance/{issuance_id}/ for the issuance status change.

This request's Content-Type should be multipart/form-data. The "file" field contains a list of PDFs that are to be anchored, and the rest of the options provide access to the various issuance settings.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
file file FormData Required A list of the PDF(s) to be issued. Example: S0001-John_Smith.pdf, S0002-Robert_Plant.pdf
name string FormData Required The issuance name. It will not be published on the blockchain, it is used for archiving purposes. Example: Test issuance
description string FormData Optional An optional description for the issuance. It will not be published on the blockchain, it's used for archiving purposes. Example: Test description
expiry_date ISO date string FormData Optional An optional expiry date for the documents of the issuance. Example 2020-05-14T21:00:00.000Z
metadata JSON string FormData Required A JSON string that contains individual information (metadata) for each document. This information will be injected into each document. Example: '{"S0001-John_Smith.pdf": {"name": "John Smith", "degree": "Economics"}, "S0002-Robert_Plant.pdf": {"name": "Robert Plant", "degree": "Mathematics"}}'
cert_metadata_columns JSON string FormData Optional An optional JSON string that controls visibility, label and ordering and will be used for each metadata column when validating a document. This is only used if the metadata field was included in the request. If metadata is present and this is ommitted, the metadata fields will all be visible and have random ordering. Example: {"columns":[{"id":{"order":0,"label":"id","hide":true}},{"name":{"order":1,"label":"name","hide":false}},{"email":{"order":2,"label":"email","hide":true}}]}.
certificates_public String FormData Optional This should be set to either "true" or "false". If set to true, a public link (e.g. https://app.block.co/certificate/{document.link_id}) will be created that will display and validate the document when visited. There's also the option to provide a custom subdomain that you own that will be used for creating the public links. Default: false
qr_code String FormData Optional This should be set to either "true" or "false". If set to true, a page with a QR-code will be appended to each PDF document. Scanning this code with any QR-code scanner application will visit the public link of the document. This option needs certificates_public option to be enabled. Default: false
email_after_success String FormData Optional This should be set to either "true" or "false". If set to true, and the metadata for each file contains an "email" field, then when the issuance is succesfully processed and verified on the blockchain, emails containing the anchored PDF document and (if it is enabled) the public link to the document will be sent automatically to the corresponding email addesses in the metadata. Default: false
webhook String FormData Optional If this is set to a URL, this URL will receive a POST request with body { issuanceId: XX } when the issuance with this ID is confirmed on the blockchain. Example https://example.org/issuance-ready

Response

{ issuanceId: 212 }

Get Issuances

GET/issuance/

All account's issuances are returned.

Possible issuance statuses are:

    PROCESSING = 15
    ISSUED_PENDING = 20
    ISSUED = 25
    EXPIRED = 30
    REVOKED_PENDING = 40
    REVOKED = 45
    FAILED = 100

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
page int Query parameter Optional The resulting list of issuances is paginated in pages of 10 objects. If the parameter is ommitted, the first page will be returned by default. A page query parameter is required to get the appropriate page. Example: ?page=2

Response

    {
        "total": 12,
        "results": [
            {
                "id": 159,
                "issued_at": "2020-05-07T04:54:34.483291Z",
                "name": "Test Issuance",
                "status": 25
            }, ...
        ]
    }

Get Issuance

GET/issuance/{issuance_id}/

Returns issuance status and details.

Possible issuance statuses are:

    PROCESSING = 15
    ISSUED_PENDING = 20
    ISSUED = 25
    EXPIRED = 30
    REVOKED_PENDING = 40
    REVOKED = 45
    FAILED = 100

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
issuance_id int URL Required The details of the issuance with this id will be returned.

Response

    {
        "id": 159,
        "name": "Test Issuance",
        "description": "",
        "status": 25,
        "issued_at": "2020-05-07T04:54:34.483291Z",
        "uploaded_to_cloud": true,
        "expiry_date": null,
        "txid": "4fca946497e50209ff84b06471ca5173c8bd86d4d53b66e7a807fbe0db51f783",
        "user": "vasilis",
        "documents": {
            "total": 1000,
            "revoked": 5,
        }
    }

Get Issuance document details

GET/issuance/{issuance_id}/documents-details/

Returns a list of all document details in an issuance.

Possible document statuses are:

    ISSUED_PENDING = 20
    ISSUED = 25
    EXPIRED = 30
    REVOKED_PENDING = 40
    REVOKED = 45
    FAILED = 100

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
issuance_id int URL Required The issuance_id for which you want the document details
page int Query parameter Optional Document details results are paginated in pages of 50 objects. If the parameter is ommitted, the first page will be returned by default. A page query parameter is required to get the appropriate page. Example: ?page=2

Response

    {
        "total": 2,
        "page": 1,
        "results": [
            {
                "id": 52131,
                "original_name": "s01-John_Smith.pdf",
                "metadata": {
                    ...
                },
                "status": 25,
                "link_id": "12345-1234-12425-123213",
                "sub_client_name": null
            },
            {
                "id": 52132,
                "original_name": "s02-Robert_Plant.pdf",
                "metadata": {
                    ...
                },
                "status": 25,
                "link_id": "12345-1234-12425-123213",
                "sub_client_name": null
            }
        ]
    }

Download Issuance documents

GET/issuance/{issuance_id}/documents/

Returns all the documents of the requested issuance as a ZIP file. This is allowed even when the issuance's status is pending, but the documents will not be valid when validated until the next block is mined on the blockchain (average 10 minutes).

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
issuance_id int URL Required The ID of the issuance.

Response

All PDF documents as a ZIP file.

Delete Issuance documents

DELETE/issuance/{issuance_id}/documents/

Delete all documents of the given issuance from Block.co's cloud (e.g. for GDPR purposes). This action cannot be undone.

Deleting the documents of an issuance prevents many additional features from working. You won't be able to download the documents again, Public links and QR-codes validation (if selected when issuing) will stop working etc.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
issuance_id int URL Required The ID of the issuance.

Response

A response with status 200 will be returned on success.

Revoke Issuance

DELETE/issuance/{issuance_id}/

Revokes the issuance (all of the documents). As with issuing, the issuance status will be "REVOKED_PENDING" for an average of 10 minutes until the next block is mined on the blockchain. If the client has the private key is his ownership, the response is different, it contains information about the transaction and the raw data of the unsigned transaction that has to be signed and published to validate the revocation of the issuance certificate files.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
issuance_id int URL Required The id of the issuance to be revoked.

Response

On success an empty response with status 204

OR

{
  'issuanceId': 87,
  'tx_raw': '0200000001812ee21cff5fc6a0ffe0367f877a2912db61f1bed63d73cff3bf460ad49e61eb0000000000ffffffff029ed4000000000000160014bb2063399ef159d8647671e5f41d55ba049e3ab000000000000000002a6a284352454400010008f02659968d330acc8efb0ff37ee0347071262143749aa4d6423876e39321cff400000000',
  'address': 'tltc1qhvsxxwv779vaserkw8jlg824hgzfuw4svevc27',
  'tx_inputs': {
    'eb619ed40a46bff3cf733dd6bef161db12297a877f36e0ffa0c65fff1ce22e81': 0.00057972
  }
}
					

Revoke Issuance

DELETE/issuance/{issuance_id}/sendsignedtx/

This endpoint is only for users which have the private key in their ownership, sends a signed transaction to server in order to be validated and published to the network. Revokes the issuance (all of the documents). As with issuing, the issuance status will be "REVOKED_PENDING" for an average of 10 minutes until the next block is mined on the blockchain.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
txraw String FormData Required The raw data of signed transaction
issuance_id int URL Required The id of the issuance to be revoked.

Response

On success empty response with status 204

Download document

GET/document/{document_id}/

Returns the requested document as a PDF file. This is allowed even when the issuance's status is pending, but the document will not be valid when validated until the next block is mined on the blockchain (average 10 minutes).

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
document_id int URL Required The id of the document to be downloaded

Response

The PDF file as an attachment

Revoke document

DELETE/document/{document_id}/

Revokes the specified document. The document's status will be "REVOKED_PENDING" for an average of 10 minutes until the next block is mined on the blockchain. If the client has the private key is his ownership, the response is different, it contains information about the transaction and the raw data of the unsigned transaction that has to be signed and published to validate the revocation of the certificate files.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
document_id int URL Required The id of the document to be revoked

Response

On success an empty response with status 204

Revoke document

DELETE/document/{document_id}/sendsignedtx/

This endpoint is only for users which have the private key in their ownership, sends a signed transaction to server in order to be validated and published to the network.Revokes the specified document. The document's status will be "REVOKED_PENDING" for an average of 10 minutes until the next block is mined on the blockchain.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
document_id int URL Required The id of the document to be revoked
txraw String FormData Required The raw data of signed transaction

Response

On success an empty response with status 204

Delete document

DELETE/delete-document/{document_id}/

Deletes the specified document from Block.co's storage. This could be done for example to satisfy GDPR requirements.

WARNING: You won't be able to download this document again! Public link validation (and QR-code validation) will not work anymore!

WARNING: The validation status of the document (if you have already downloaded it and try to validate it in a validator) won't change with this action. If it is valid, it will continue being valid. After this action, you won't be able to revoke this document!

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
document_id int URL Required The id of the document to be delete from Block.co's storage

Response

On success an empty response with status 204

Validate document

POST/validate-document/

Check the validity of a document.

This request's Content-Type should be multipart/form-data. The "file" field should be a list containing only the PDF that is to be validated.

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
file file FormData Required The PDF to be validated. Example: S0001-John_Smith.pdf

Response

    On success a response with status 200 and a dict with document's information:
    {
        "cert": {PDF_FILENAME},
        "status": {VALIDATION_STATUS} ( "valid" / "invalid" ),
        "reason": {EXPLANATION_OF_THE_VALIDITY_RESULT}
    }
                                        

Get subclients

GET/auth/sub-client/

Returns a list of all the sub-clients the client has created.

Note: In order to create sub-clients and issue on behalf of them your account must have been authorized for it

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.

Response

    [
        {
        "id": 25,
        "name": "Subclient of Account",
        "logo": null,
        "domain": "https://example.org"
        },
        {
        "id": 27,
        "name": "Subclient2 of Account",
        "logo": null,
        "domain": "https://example2.org"
        }
    ]
                                        

Create sub-client

POST/auth/sub-client/

Create a sub-client under your account's organization. You may then use the Create multi-issuance endpoint to create issuances on behalf of sub-clients you have created. You can set/change a sub-client's logo (visible when someone validates a sub-client's document) using the Set client logo endpoint.

Note: This should be a POST request with `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` content-type

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.
name string Body Required Organization name of the sub-client. Example: University of Nicosia`
domain string Body Required URL of the sub-client's domain. Example: https://example.org

Response

{ "sub_client_id": 28 }

User data

GET/auth/user-data/

Get data for the current user (the associated account for the API_KEY).

Request

Parameter Type Position # Description
Authorization string Header Required Should be of the form: 'Token YOUR_API_KEY'.

Response

    {
    "username": {CURRENT_USERNAME},
    "email": {USER'S_EMAIL},
    "verified_email": true,
    "client": {
        "id": {ORGANIZATION_ID},
        "name": {ORGANIZATION_NAME},
        "logo": {ORGANIZATION_ID}/logo/{UPLOADED_FILENAME},
        "domain": {ORGANIZATION_WEBSITE},
        "domain_identity_proof": true,
        "issuing_addresses": [
            {ORGANIZATION_BLOCKCHAIN_ADDRESS}
        ],
        "contract_type": "Contract",
        "has_pending_order": false,
        "client_links_domain": null,
        "options": {
            ...
            }
        }
    }