diff --git a/did.go b/did.go
index aa087f7..8c08d61 100644
--- a/did.go
+++ b/did.go
@@ -45,6 +45,51 @@ type parser struct {
 // a step in the parser state machine that returns the next step
 type parserStep func() parserStep
 
+// String encodes a DID struct into a valid DID string.
+func (d *DID) String() string {
+	var buf strings.Builder
+
+	// write the did: prefix
+	buf.WriteString("did:") // nolint, returned error is always nil
+
+	if d.Method != "" {
+		// write method followed by a `:`
+		buf.WriteString(d.Method) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+		buf.WriteByte(':')        // nolint, returned error is always nil
+	} else {
+		// if there is no Method, return an empty string
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	if d.ID != "" {
+		buf.WriteString(d.ID) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+	} else if len(d.IDStrings) > 0 {
+		// join IDStrings with a colon to make the ID
+		buf.WriteString(strings.Join(d.IDStrings[:], ":")) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+	} else {
+		// if there is no ID, return an empty string
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	if d.Path != "" {
+		// write a leading / and then Path
+		buf.WriteByte('/')      // nolint, returned error is always nil
+		buf.WriteString(d.Path) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+	} else if len(d.PathSegments) > 0 {
+		// write a leading / and then PathSegments joined with / between them
+		buf.WriteByte('/')                                    // nolint, returned error is always nil
+		buf.WriteString(strings.Join(d.PathSegments[:], "/")) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+	} else {
+		// add fragment only when there is no path
+		if d.Fragment != "" {
+			buf.WriteByte('#')          // nolint, returned error is always nil
+			buf.WriteString(d.Fragment) // nolint, returned error is always nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
 // Parse parses the input string into a DID structure.
 func Parse(input string) (*DID, error) {
 	// intialize the parser state
diff --git a/did_test.go b/did_test.go
index a8752b2..7734369 100644
--- a/did_test.go
+++ b/did_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,91 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+// nolint
+func TestString(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("assembles a DID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("assembles a DID from IDStrings", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", IDStrings: []string{"123", "456"}}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123:456"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns empty string if no method", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{ID: "123"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := ""
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: empty string", output)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns empty string in no ID or IDStrings", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := ""
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: empty string", output)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("includes Path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123", Path: "a/b"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123/a/b"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("includes Path assembled from PathSegements", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123", PathSegments: []string{"a", "b"}}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123/a/b"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("includes Fragment", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123", Fragment: "00000"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123#00000"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("does not include Fragment if Path is present", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123", Path: "a/b", Fragment: "00000"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123/a/b"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("does not include Fragment if PathSegments is present", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d := &DID{Method: "example", ID: "123", PathSegments: []string{"a", "b"}, Fragment: "00000"}
+		output := d.String()
+		expected := "did:example:123/a/b"
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Errorf("output: %s, expected: %s", output, expected)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // nolint
 func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index b707f78..98a3993 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -31,3 +31,27 @@ func ExampleParse_withFragment() {
 	fmt.Printf("%#v", d)
 	// Output: &did.DID{Method:"example", ID:"q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r", IDStrings:[]string{"q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r"}, Path:"", PathSegments:[]string(nil), Fragment:"keys-1"}
 }
+
+func ExampleDID_String() {
+	d := &did.DID{Method: "example", ID: "q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r"}
+	fmt.Println(d)
+	// Output: did:example:q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r
+}
+
+func ExampleDID_String_withPath() {
+	d := &did.DID{Method: "example", ID: "q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r", Path: "a/b"}
+	fmt.Println(d)
+	// Output: did:example:q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r/a/b
+}
+
+func ExampleDID_String_withPathSegments() {
+	d := &did.DID{Method: "example", ID: "q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r", PathSegments: []string{"a", "b"}}
+	fmt.Println(d)
+	// Output: did:example:q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r/a/b
+}
+
+func ExampleDID_String_withFragment() {
+	d := &did.DID{Method: "example", ID: "q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r", Fragment: "keys-1"}
+	fmt.Println(d)
+	// Output: did:example:q7ckgxeq1lxmra0r#keys-1
+}