Anchor now
const url = 'https://example.com/api/v1/evidence/anchors';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {cookie: 'bl_%3Cslug%3E_session=%3Cbl_%3Cslug%3E_session%3E'}};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url https://example.com/api/v1/evidence/anchors \ --cookie bl_%3Cslug%3E_session=%3Cbl_%3Cslug%3E_session%3EAnchors the head of the chain at the notary now, instead of at the next minute. Says so when there is nothing new.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Responses
Section titled “Responses”OK.
An anchor: the notary’s receipt for the head of the chain at seq.
object
JWS by the Trust Authority over {participant, seq, head, anchored_at}.
A qualified timestamp on the receipt (decisions #45), once the notary has stamped it.
object
Example generated
{ "id": "example", "seq": 1, "head": "example", "anchored_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "receipt": "example", "qualified": "example"}No valid session, DPoP-bound token or API key.
The body of every failed call to a management API.
object
object
Stable, machine-readable: invalid_request, unauthenticated,
forbidden, not_found, conflict, upstream_unavailable,
unavailable, internal, or a more specific code of the operation.
For people; may change between versions.
Example
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "unknown negotiation" }}The caller lacks the role this operation needs; or a change with the session cookie came from a page of another site (cross_site_request, decisions #83).
The body of every failed call to a management API.
object
object
Stable, machine-readable: invalid_request, unauthenticated,
forbidden, not_found, conflict, upstream_unavailable,
unavailable, internal, or a more specific code of the operation.
For people; may change between versions.
Example
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "unknown negotiation" }}The notary refused or could not be reached.
The body of every failed call to a management API.
object
object
Stable, machine-readable: invalid_request, unauthenticated,
forbidden, not_found, conflict, upstream_unavailable,
unavailable, internal, or a more specific code of the operation.
For people; may change between versions.
Example
{ "error": { "code": "not_found", "message": "unknown negotiation" }}