Empty json file on did create

[manicprogrammer]

Bug severity Severity 1 as there is a work around of adding a service and if you don't want any services then remove the service

Describe the bug When using veramo did create it creates and empty json instance {}with no id, keys etc. Not until you add a service do you get a true did with keys, id etc.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. veramo did create
2. curl -o did.json -H "Host: <your github user>.github.io" http://localhost:3332/alice/did.json (example)
3. open did.json

Observed behaviour no base did created

Expected behaviour a did with at least { "id": "did:web:<your github user>.github.io:alice" } but even more so with keys etc. but no services

Versions (please complete the following information):

• Veramo 5.5.2
• Node 20.10.0
• Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS from a WSL instance

[mirceanis]

The DID is actually created, but the curl query needs to also match. For your example to work, you'd have to create the did:web using <your github user>.github.io:alice as the alias.

If you're creating did:web:<your github user>.github.io as your DID (just hostname) you would use <your github user>.github.io as the alias and curl it using curl -o did.json -H "Host: <your github user>.github.io" http://localhost:3332/.well-known/did.json

The suggestion box is wide open for more easily managing did:web from the CLI, as the alias + curl combo is very awkward.

Please close this issue if this info is good enough for you.

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