diff --git a/packages/rest/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts b/packages/rest/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
index 0b90d480..d482450c 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/controllers/did/DidController.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import type { DidCreateResult, DidResolutionResultProps } from '../types'
 
-import { Agent, AriesFrameworkError, ImportDidOptions } from '@aries-framework/core'
+import { Agent, AriesFrameworkError, TypedArrayEncoder } from '@aries-framework/core'
 import { Body, Controller, Example, Get, Path, Post, Res, Route, Tags, TsoaResponse } from 'tsoa'
 import { injectable } from 'tsyringe'
 
 import { Did, DidRecordExample, DidStateExample } from '../examples'
-import { DidCreateOptions } from '../types'
+import { DidCreateOptions, ImportDidOptions } from '../types'
 
 @Tags('Dids')
 @Route('/dids')
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ export class DidController extends Controller {
     @Res() internalServerError: TsoaResponse<500, { message: string }>
   ) {
     try {
-      await this.agent.dids.import(options)
+      const { privateKeys, ...rest } = options
+      await this.agent.dids.import({
+        ...rest,
+        privateKeys: privateKeys?.map(({ keyType, privateKey }) => ({
+          keyType,
+          privateKey: TypedArrayEncoder.fromString(privateKey),
+        })),
+      })
       return this.getDidRecordByDid(options.did)
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof AriesFrameworkError) {
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/controllers/types.ts b/packages/rest/src/controllers/types.ts
index fdc44f95..a9f912ce 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/controllers/types.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/controllers/types.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ type ProofFormats = [LegacyIndyProofFormat, AnonCredsProofFormat]
 
 interface PrivateKey {
   keyType: KeyType
-  privateKey: Buffer
+  privateKey: string
 }
 
 export interface ImportDidOptions {
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/routes/routes.ts b/packages/rest/src/routes/routes.ts
index 510dbc86..2273c629 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/routes/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/routes/routes.ts
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ const models: TsoaRoute.Models = {
         "dataType": "refObject",
         "properties": {
             "keyType": {"ref":"KeyType","required":true},
-            "privateKey": {"dataType":"buffer","required":true},
+            "privateKey": {"dataType":"string","required":true},
         },
         "additionalProperties": false,
     },
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ const models: TsoaRoute.Models = {
             "did": {"dataType":"string","required":true},
             "didDocument": {"ref":"DidDocument"},
             "privateKeys": {"dataType":"array","array":{"dataType":"refObject","ref":"PrivateKey"}},
-            "overwrite": {"dataType":"boolean","default":"false"},
+            "overwrite": {"dataType":"boolean"},
         },
         "additionalProperties": false,
     },
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/routes/swagger.json b/packages/rest/src/routes/swagger.json
index db49fbd7..e34283aa 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/routes/swagger.json
+++ b/packages/rest/src/routes/swagger.json
@@ -743,8 +743,7 @@
 						"$ref": "#/components/schemas/KeyType"
 					},
 					"privateKey": {
-						"type": "string",
-						"format": "byte"
+						"type": "string"
 					}
 				},
 				"required": [
@@ -757,24 +756,19 @@
 			"ImportDidOptions": {
 				"properties": {
 					"did": {
-						"type": "string",
-						"description": "The did to import."
+						"type": "string"
 					},
 					"didDocument": {
-						"$ref": "#/components/schemas/DidDocument",
-						"description": "Optional did document to import. If not provided, the did document will be resolved using the did resolver."
+						"$ref": "#/components/schemas/DidDocument"
 					},
 					"privateKeys": {
 						"items": {
 							"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PrivateKey"
 						},
-						"type": "array",
-						"description": "List of private keys associated with the did document that should be stored in the wallet."
+						"type": "array"
 					},
 					"overwrite": {
-						"type": "boolean",
-						"description": "Whether to overwrite an existing did record if it exists. If set to false,\nan error will be thrown if the did record already exists.",
-						"default": "false"
+						"type": "boolean"
 					}
 				},
 				"required": [
@@ -3666,7 +3660,51 @@
 						"description": "DidResolutionResultProps",
 						"content": {
 							"application/json": {
-								"schema": {}
+								"schema": {},
+								"examples": {
+									"Example 1": {
+										"value": {
+											"did": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc",
+											"didDocument": {
+												"@context": [
+													"https://w3id.org/did/v1",
+													"https://w3id.org/security/suites/ed25519-2018/v1",
+													"https://w3id.org/security/suites/x25519-2019/v1"
+												],
+												"id": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc",
+												"verificationMethod": [
+													{
+														"id": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc",
+														"type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2018",
+														"controller": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc",
+														"publicKeyBase58": "ApexJxnhZHC6Ctq4fCoNHKYgu87HuRTZ7oSyfehG57zE"
+													}
+												],
+												"authentication": [
+													"did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc"
+												],
+												"assertionMethod": [
+													"did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc"
+												],
+												"keyAgreement": [
+													{
+														"id": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6LSm5B4fB9NA55xB7PSeMYTMS9sf8uboJvyZBaDLLSZ7Ryd",
+														"type": "X25519KeyAgreementKey2019",
+														"controller": "did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc",
+														"publicKeyBase58": "APzu8sLW4cND5j1g7i2W2qwPozNV6hkpgCrXqso2Q4Cs"
+													}
+												],
+												"capabilityInvocation": [
+													"did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc"
+												],
+												"capabilityDelegation": [
+													"did:key:z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc#z6MkpGuzuD38tpgZKPfmLmmD8R6gihP9KJhuopMuVvfGzLmc"
+												]
+											},
+											"secret": {}
+										}
+									}
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					},