prove-it

Prove your online identity with cryptography

Supported Claims

Domain

Add following DNS TXT record to your domain

prove-it-domain-verification=PROOF_PROOF_PROOF

const domain = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'

const proof = await fetch(`https://dns.google/resolve?name=${domain}&type=TXT`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => body.Answer.filter(record => record.data.startsWith('proveit-domain-verification=')))

const proofUrl = `https://dns.google/query?name=${domain}&type=TXT`

GitHub

profile

Add proof to your user profile README.md like this

#
<sup><sub> **prove-it:** PROOF_PROOF_PROOF </sub></sup>

const user = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'

const proof = await fetch(`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${user}/${user}/HEAD/README.md`)
    .then(res => res.text())

const proofUrl = `https://github.com/${user}`

gist

Create a gist with a prove-it.md file and PROOF_PROOF_PROOF as content

const gist = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'

const {user, proof} = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/gists/${gist}`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => ({
    user: body.owner.login,
    proof: Object.values(body.files)[0].content,
  }))

const proofUrl = `https://gist.github.com/${user}/${gist}`

BlueSky

Create a post with folloing content prove-it: PROOF_PROOF_PROOF

const user = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'
const post = 'YYYYYYYYYYY'

const proof = await fetch(`https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getPostThread?uri=${encodeURIComponent(`at://${user}/app.bsky.feed.post/${post}`)}`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => body.thread.post.record.text)

const proofUrl = `https://bsky.app/profile/${user}/post/${post}`

Reddit

Create a post with folloing content prove-it: PROOF_PROOF_PROOF

const user = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'
const post = 'YYYYYYYYYYY'

const proof = await fetch(`https://www.reddit.com/user/${user}/comments/${post}.json`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => body[0].data.children[0].data.selftext)

const proofUrl = `https://www.reddit.com/user/${user}/comments/${post}/`

Stack Overflow

Add PROOF_PROOF_PROOF to your profile about me section like this

---
<sup><sub> **prove-it:** PROOF_PROOF_PROOF </sub></sup>

const userId = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'

const {username, proof} = await fetch(`https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/users/${userId}?site=stackoverflow&filter=!AhdF6aF0yuI-5W*ymYcd-`)
    .then(res => res.json())
    .then(body => body.items[0].about_me)
    .then(body => ({
      username: body.items[0].display_name,
      proof: body.items[0].about_me,
    }))

const proofUrl = `https://stackoverflow.com/users/${userId}/${username}`

Hacker News

Add PROOF_PROOF_PROOF to your profile about section like this

[ prove-it: PROOF_PROOF_PROOF ]

const user = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'

const proof = await fetch(`https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/user/${user}.json`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => body.about)

const proofUrl = `https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=${user}`

Mastodon

Create a post with folloing content prove-it: PROOF_PROOF_PROOF

const server = 'ZZZZZZZZZZZ'
const post = 'YYYYYYYYYYY'

const {user, proof} = await fetch(`https://${server}/api/v1/statuses/${post}`)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => ({
    user: body.account.username,
    proof: body.content,
  ))

const proofUrl = `https://${server}/@${user}/${post}`

X aka Twitter

Create a post with folloing content prove-it: PROOF_PROOF_PROOF

const user = 'XXXXXXXXXXX'
const post = 'YYYYYYYYYYY'

const proof = await fetch('https://cors-tube.vercel.app/?url=' +
  encodeURIComponent('https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=' +
  encodeURIComponent(`https://x.com/${user}/status/${post}`)))
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(body => body.html)

const proofUrl = `https://x.com/${user}/status/${post}`