Add new primary identifier; actor objet¶
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": "2025-12-19T09:49:28.481217",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAzVjCEB6AdpmMnR5Uv7C5\nX9nTSYg2eaYO+WXgjKJuLklcA8JUA/lenRDncX3AZWgp4tULgrDALxcIb8GjsT+s\nPI3Lcg+4QDCwm0RlyAnASqjrFtOGfkjZfTbcm4IaxohVF001dUrJiEEtrLDOQZCB\n8Iq4yqVmTRMUucIdWLwwOS4Dq+LMCI26CPQ+K0n3GzgfozcElnnp9HmUidZb7OHd\n7EU30Zh7oudzZPagNKf28VLyr0VWMX3UfQgKoEnXrMd4vnuqQ+hoay961Kzr4hZ3\nfZrihIadIZpaHJMcSam3OwV0cWV+OxyzZlkGAeYI6QclRd1KEV5ICgvl4N0UsoWr\nfQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/MYGt4FvBmWlxgxmQj29QAw",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Alice" adds "acct:alex@abel" as a primary identifier¶
send.Alice.trigger.update_actor
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"profile": null,
"autoFollow": null,
"actions": [
{
"action": "create_identifier",
"identifier": "acct:alex@abel",
"primary": true
}
]
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/followers"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:49:28Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:49:28.481217",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAzVjCEB6AdpmMnR5Uv7C5\nX9nTSYg2eaYO+WXgjKJuLklcA8JUA/lenRDncX3AZWgp4tULgrDALxcIb8GjsT+s\nPI3Lcg+4QDCwm0RlyAnASqjrFtOGfkjZfTbcm4IaxohVF001dUrJiEEtrLDOQZCB\n8Iq4yqVmTRMUucIdWLwwOS4Dq+LMCI26CPQ+K0n3GzgfozcElnnp9HmUidZb7OHd\n7EU30Zh7oudzZPagNKf28VLyr0VWMX3UfQgKoEnXrMd4vnuqQ+hoay961Kzr4hZ3\nfZrihIadIZpaHJMcSam3OwV0cWV+OxyzZlkGAeYI6QclRd1KEV5ICgvl4N0UsoWr\nfQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/MYGt4FvBmWlxgxmQj29QAw",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019b3603-ab35-7f86-899c-3e9beca5cbba"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" retrieves the object with id "acct:alex@abel"¶
send.Alice.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"uri": "acct:alex@abel"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"uri": "acct:alex@abel",
"data": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:49:28.481217",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAzVjCEB6AdpmMnR5Uv7C5\nX9nTSYg2eaYO+WXgjKJuLklcA8JUA/lenRDncX3AZWgp4tULgrDALxcIb8GjsT+s\nPI3Lcg+4QDCwm0RlyAnASqjrFtOGfkjZfTbcm4IaxohVF001dUrJiEEtrLDOQZCB\n8Iq4yqVmTRMUucIdWLwwOS4Dq+LMCI26CPQ+K0n3GzgfozcElnnp9HmUidZb7OHd\n7EU30Zh7oudzZPagNKf28VLyr0VWMX3UfQgKoEnXrMd4vnuqQ+hoay961Kzr4hZ3\nfZrihIadIZpaHJMcSam3OwV0cWV+OxyzZlkGAeYI6QclRd1KEV5ICgvl4N0UsoWr\nfQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/MYGt4FvBmWlxgxmQj29QAw",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/8RTwIUuK1ZcbIqulWMnvKA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}