Fetch actor¶
given: "Alice" created an actor on "abel" called "Alice" with username "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": "2026-03-20T15:16:35.323539",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAx1KOg4v79oVhFjs1fP5B\n+Ezaja3mnqivvnpY8G49qOdXxF/LMQ9Di0dkJ49LtgdwCZaTRLfln2ixv7a54WGs\nyxQq1q5CCgxdLqBLnDm/d3gemPsm+yDhJkvxNIKp22wsl51NaAr5eBgvZopmMG9g\nwLcaRILsH47JOfp6C7P63gF16qdEd0lGs5jA0VT3yzHZFmfqyb1aQrWirayWhgsL\nGMvKWHyFBU3jhwgDWY09Tfxfmuqmr247inN5soMBb5L9uPx2J+AVVBRsZ1RTmNVH\nnH42tkyyXrIevy2t6ook6iGt6UUerVabBYkZtBysxhOyKBIZABc12fa83XFXAHHq\nJwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/Wn9x-1IBs9SYhEHRUOEIUQ",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Bob" created an actor on "banach" called "Bob" with username "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": "2026-03-20T15:16:35.899956",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAmrsH38h7pfu+TvVyFWJV\nGDzWUsGnoyn28VG9ay2/bbkWPBpuXVJ6aN7FJ32F2d1CzvBnQFxUDXUsR1ysc1NP\n7+5pV3sRN+nMZPAF3/XSbz/DXEH2+xVpOLpnUkMRHepcxVvSqNvrLTWLIfKfxWdw\nBhEi702PsJTUcbyuQ/p6ZAhGH/mJP90ptHBfKM9D/GW+tJ8F5pfQaK/JPonfb/Sz\nxLbM62JsD+qYXKShoTAvSqnsbF4CRO3HMHNjfAjzTEIgkZQWny4+dc5vQSsxizBt\nYAfdjsWHRezSM5oWY84Cwb6gwFS/zIKDTABIjTrsqLDMHM+Pg90AKYjE3RsSd9nl\nLwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/UVDFKEKX_kkmoskAQeSG1Q",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw"
],
"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/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA",
"uri": "acct:Bob@banach"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/6t0RTBgbCxxFkV8MNx4ZJA",
"uri": "acct:Bob@banach",
"data": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:16:35.899956",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAmrsH38h7pfu+TvVyFWJV\nGDzWUsGnoyn28VG9ay2/bbkWPBpuXVJ6aN7FJ32F2d1CzvBnQFxUDXUsR1ysc1NP\n7+5pV3sRN+nMZPAF3/XSbz/DXEH2+xVpOLpnUkMRHepcxVvSqNvrLTWLIfKfxWdw\nBhEi702PsJTUcbyuQ/p6ZAhGH/mJP90ptHBfKM9D/GW+tJ8F5pfQaK/JPonfb/Sz\nxLbM62JsD+qYXKShoTAvSqnsbF4CRO3HMHNjfAjzTEIgkZQWny4+dc5vQSsxizBt\nYAfdjsWHRezSM5oWY84Cwb6gwFS/zIKDTABIjTrsqLDMHM+Pg90AKYjE3RsSd9nl\nLwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/UVDFKEKX_kkmoskAQeSG1Q",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/MoaqYj1i4yabQEZCo1VkGw"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}