Add new primary identifier; actor objet¶
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": "2026-03-20T15:18:37.919778",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApDhNfeD9E62Gzivg3KLc\nuLxOpjM/KBLNd/42KbCeklFMxj1/gpTanduP7N9dr5dYHR4NvXTURhBxpQIydIw6\nwZ4sdeDpadxeOP8ZTOAc3Y5vU54EyoU//zZ+WETZb2mCWwp/oNuwYcXdb71TJjTR\nfIAuekNMFpRHMpf2recUh/l9cdrlvqUig5JN1kUbaD8dgwnhVKgoB4XgHjLiCecV\noqi3xvz0s8IpwU198o2pHMpsDQDHrfv88Z12cXg1FL0P9d979i1lhSjBC4UFrDD8\n4Si+hoIjEQTJrZ5vLw4QMGTLUbqx7/nL2hgE9bjxUGIxCTX/LbWIY8K6TjHBkqZr\nZwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/x002Fn1GU90FZlEOIJAe5A",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g"
],
"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/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"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/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:38Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:37.919778",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApDhNfeD9E62Gzivg3KLc\nuLxOpjM/KBLNd/42KbCeklFMxj1/gpTanduP7N9dr5dYHR4NvXTURhBxpQIydIw6\nwZ4sdeDpadxeOP8ZTOAc3Y5vU54EyoU//zZ+WETZb2mCWwp/oNuwYcXdb71TJjTR\nfIAuekNMFpRHMpf2recUh/l9cdrlvqUig5JN1kUbaD8dgwnhVKgoB4XgHjLiCecV\noqi3xvz0s8IpwU198o2pHMpsDQDHrfv88Z12cXg1FL0P9d979i1lhSjBC4UFrDD8\n4Si+hoIjEQTJrZ5vLw4QMGTLUbqx7/nL2hgE9bjxUGIxCTX/LbWIY8K6TjHBkqZr\nZwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/x002Fn1GU90FZlEOIJAe5A",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd3-b8f2-7de1-bcd9-17f27d555860"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" retrieves the object with id "acct:alex@abel"¶
send.Alice.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"uri": "acct:alex@abel"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"uri": "acct:alex@abel",
"data": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:37.919778",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEApDhNfeD9E62Gzivg3KLc\nuLxOpjM/KBLNd/42KbCeklFMxj1/gpTanduP7N9dr5dYHR4NvXTURhBxpQIydIw6\nwZ4sdeDpadxeOP8ZTOAc3Y5vU54EyoU//zZ+WETZb2mCWwp/oNuwYcXdb71TJjTR\nfIAuekNMFpRHMpf2recUh/l9cdrlvqUig5JN1kUbaD8dgwnhVKgoB4XgHjLiCecV\noqi3xvz0s8IpwU198o2pHMpsDQDHrfv88Z12cXg1FL0P9d979i1lhSjBC4UFrDD8\n4Si+hoIjEQTJrZ5vLw4QMGTLUbqx7/nL2hgE9bjxUGIxCTX/LbWIY8K6TjHBkqZr\nZwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/x002Fn1GU90FZlEOIJAe5A",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/ptoBqTKJhpf2UGI8GYzY3g"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}