Message Handlers
Message handlers implement the AbstractMessageHandler interface and are instantiated as a chain by the Message Handler plugin. Veramo includes a number of message handlers for you to use in your apps.
When creating the agent instance, you specify the message handlers to use and the order in which they are to be called. For example, if your app captures Verifiable Credentials from a QR Code, where the data are endcoded as a JWT, you would specify the url, did-jwt and credential-w3c handlers, in that order, in your agent setup.
Core Supported Message Handlers
The following plugins export a message handling method.
url
UrlMessageHandler parses a message from a URL, typically from a query string. Further parsing is likely performed in the JWT and/or DIDComm handlers. The handler supports fetching of shortened URL redirects.
did-comm
did-comm • DIDCommMessageHandler
DIDCommMessageHandler decrypts incoming messages using the private key of the recipient. The decrypted message is passed along to subsequent Message Handlers.
did-jwt
JWTMessageHandler decodes a JWT and creates a message object.
credential-w3c
credential-w3c • W3CMessageHandler
W3CMessageHandler checks the message payload for Verifiable Credentials and Verifiable Presentations and formats the message object accordingly.
selective-disclosure
selective-disclosure • SDRMessageHandler
SDRMessageHandler checks the message payload for Selective Disclosure Request and formats the message object accordingly. Learn more about selective disclosure requests in the next section.
