Generate ECDH Key Pair

Generate an ECDH key pair with nonce for encryption/decryption operations.

This API generates a new ECDH key pair on Curve25519 (Weierstrass form) along with a random 32-byte nonce. The key pair and nonce are used for encrypting and decrypting health data exchanged via ABDM.

Algorithm details:

• Key Agreement: ECDH on Curve25519 (Weierstrass form)
• Key Derivation: HKDF-SHA256
• Symmetric Encryption: AES-256-GCM
• Nonce Handling: IV and salt are derived from XOR of sender and receiver nonces

Store the private key securely on your side. The public key and nonce are shared with the counterparty (HIP/HIU) during data exchange.

For more details, refer to the ABDM Encryption and Decryption Guide.

GET /abdm/v1/ecdh/keys

cURL

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.eka.care/abdm/v1/ecdh/keys")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "nonce": "<string>",
  "private_key": "<string>",
  "public_key": "<string>"
}

{
  "code": 123,
  "error": "<string>",
  "source_error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "code": 123,
  "error": "<string>",
  "source_error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

The API requires a Bearer token (JWT) for authentication.

Response

200

application/json

OK

nonce · string

Random nonce generated for the key pair

private_key · string

Base64-encoded ECDH private key

public_key · string

Base64-encoded ECDH public key