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Scope: The present document specifies a communication protocol and data format for a quantum key distribution (QKD) network to supply cryptographic keys to an application. It is in the form of an API (Application Programming Interface) that allows application developers to make simple method calls to a QKD network and to be delivered key material. It is intended to allow interoperability of equipment from different vendors. The QKD network can consist of a single link between a single QKD transmitter and a single QKD receiver@ or it can be an extended network involving many such QKD links. The API defines a single interface for the delivery of key material to applications in both scenarios. It is beyond the scope of the present document to describe how a QKD network generates key material shared between distant nodes. A REST (REpresentational State Transfer) API is specified as a simple@ scalable@ widely deployed approach that is familiar to a large developer community. The REST API specifies the format of the URIs@ the communication protocols (HTTPS)@ and the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data format encoding of posted parameters and responses@ including key material.

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2019 GS QKD 014-2019 Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Protocol and data format of REST-based key delivery API (V1.1.1)