Fetch actor¶
given: "Alice" created an actor on "abel" called "Alice"¶
send.Alice.request.create_actor
{
"base_url": "http://abel",
"preferred_username": "Alice",
"profile": {},
"automatically_accept_followers": null,
"name": null
}
receive.Alice.response.create_actor
{
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:48:38.894401",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAgzsqJjOiX1IRRKLEhQx0\nkM9l5VYJGej+YxY44o+OPPegEixel5xJAW8OXSgQdMD7gNb2tkB9x7tdjvXZdRZB\nYAp91DIrKUJA8u6Qp8vkpsPjvKKiikhhsq0t7ZMP81wApAFa0XJnmPwTofjtdNS3\ni62+FUVZieX6bda9P1rzZZkzkU4ZLuyOqikEIB8tCyp6g9BICZZ8c0H/MEpkM6zY\nsNzB2pOCQgoeezJ8fkFyFtBw6EU1rAXrD9VOiU5XUuJ6rUm+wFrG2RCAsZK3YnR4\nFm/fryKs2Mcn343vw6YInsVSTGJeFVbR7zbPdS+KVjbD52B4EHp6pvVMDiZuM/R2\nUwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/4Xcm92DuDyTiLEtNet5cwg",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Bob" created an actor on "banach" called "Bob"¶
send.Bob.request.create_actor
{
"base_url": "http://banach",
"preferred_username": "Bob",
"profile": {},
"automatically_accept_followers": null,
"name": null
}
receive.Bob.response.create_actor
{
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:48:39.933514",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAs8cP2kdxl4vBxu3WKFoo\nvqbPe8UmSc+MrXAUR3bX76kZiGC3aHK/NmrONWJCpWbKnypxNrEl6aqfJZSSP45j\nMQfilFjREwQseczfZuOlmECWO/08qzGm0WwxoPfvJpFIHN1AV/xvKZN3+2VbBgwq\nHlZeTnoEXv+3AANXM92TCLJvTPin9j7QSfv4e+eEucBzV6M3t3GBWup884Wickpu\navlPYn59MuY0PzNJGabYi4+q+Kt4ngyN0ctYsDlRyYGXYUYl70MO2R+jECuz6g3U\nfr7QMWFmCepYggwvAHNVDu4gPfoN+nZhfozDz7xhUOWBum0l3+dUwhm+alQTfVb+\nJQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/KyMnLTR76QVaikQjiMDmkA",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
when: "Alice" retrieves the object with id "acct:Bob@banach"¶
send.Alice.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A",
"uri": "acct:Bob@banach"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/5ehYAYs61cfAVQohbVfw1A",
"uri": "acct:Bob@banach",
"data": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:48:39.933514",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAs8cP2kdxl4vBxu3WKFoo\nvqbPe8UmSc+MrXAUR3bX76kZiGC3aHK/NmrONWJCpWbKnypxNrEl6aqfJZSSP45j\nMQfilFjREwQseczfZuOlmECWO/08qzGm0WwxoPfvJpFIHN1AV/xvKZN3+2VbBgwq\nHlZeTnoEXv+3AANXM92TCLJvTPin9j7QSfv4e+eEucBzV6M3t3GBWup884Wickpu\navlPYn59MuY0PzNJGabYi4+q+Kt4ngyN0ctYsDlRyYGXYUYl70MO2R+jECuz6g3U\nfr7QMWFmCepYggwvAHNVDu4gPfoN+nZhfozDz7xhUOWBum0l3+dUwhm+alQTfVb+\nJQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/KyMnLTR76QVaikQjiMDmkA",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/Li2cLFXEbO-REf8ab-d6HA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}