azorius-activitypub - notes about the azorius implementation

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ACTIVITYPUB(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual ACTIVITYPUB(7)

NAME

activitypub — notes about the azorius implementation

DESCRIPTION

The azorius(1) server processes activities using the ActivityPub protocol to exchange messages with other servers. The specification is subject to interpretation, and not all implementations behave in the same way. This document attempts to clarify azorius’s behavior. It is not intended to be a complete description of ActivityPub, but may be useful as a guide to other implementors looking to interoperate.

OBJECTS

The following object or document types are supported.

Page

Used for posts. This is the object that azorius expects to receive for posts and links.

Note

Used for comments. Will not in general work as replacement for Page.

ChatMessage

Used for chat.

Azorius primarily supports HTML content, not markdown or other formats, with a wide range of permitted HTML tags in object content fields.

ACTIVITIES

The following activities are supported.

Create

Supported.

Announce

Groups will forward activities to followers using Announce.

Follow

Can follow both groups and persons.

Update

Supported.

Delete

Does what it can.

Like

Not yet implemented.

METADATA

The following additional object types are supported, typically as tag or attachment.

Link

The URL link for a Page.

Image

For attached images.

Document

As a variant of Image.

Hashtag

Limited.

SECURITY

Azorius uses http signatures.

WEBFINGER

Azorius implements the webfinger end point but it is not required for federation.

SEE ALSO

intro(1), azorius(1)

STANDARDS

ActivityPub: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/

Activity Vocabulary: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/

CAVEATS

The ActivityPub standard is subject to interpretation. GNU $Mdocdate$ ACTIVITYPUB(7)

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