Updates a new property value¶
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": "2026-03-20T15:18:58.775732",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwbxzHFHLnbGCQHc7/1Fz\nmCxNf3Ji8R5YtYIcWXkKNVWIQ4Tr7Ec/BrkMvR1Xvfon7y6lCeFksDti+3+PMjS+\nlSaNNWEm6/76tVUTLo2N2ckIq3b9WhOEtMVeNiiy51K9ao70Vs0TjK7p9yeJWmZo\ndb0UJekmEMk50A7MiVXMsgMqNkLtY/JHSqoavkoXeNc1S77Oihm3p3hjbVLDacUB\nHAIhWlZPdwRTKx7nFRT8BLsWdFM0sWvJOj8exbIHgJDnJlzKMrRUhddZqLNf+P7A\nOHQiB/RBUrVQ9YRzlYOhQ/RZx/bJWrxOOQ/UehbFju36UJzc0Kr0jnSx4Hsgikvy\n8wIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/8VPPZD-iVNf15xoJPOfgCA",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Alice" has the PropertyValue "secure" with value "yes"¶
send.Alice.trigger.update_actor
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"actions": [
{
"action": "update_property_value",
"key": "secure",
"value": "yes"
}
]
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:59Z",
"object": {
"attachment": [
{
"type": "PropertyValue",
"name": "secure",
"value": "yes"
}
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:58.775732",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
},
{
"PropertyValue": {
"@id": "https://schema.org/PropertyValue",
"@context": {
"value": "https://schema.org/value",
"name": "https://schema.org/name"
}
}
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwbxzHFHLnbGCQHc7/1Fz\nmCxNf3Ji8R5YtYIcWXkKNVWIQ4Tr7Ec/BrkMvR1Xvfon7y6lCeFksDti+3+PMjS+\nlSaNNWEm6/76tVUTLo2N2ckIq3b9WhOEtMVeNiiy51K9ao70Vs0TjK7p9yeJWmZo\ndb0UJekmEMk50A7MiVXMsgMqNkLtY/JHSqoavkoXeNc1S77Oihm3p3hjbVLDacUB\nHAIhWlZPdwRTKx7nFRT8BLsWdFM0sWvJOj8exbIHgJDnJlzKMrRUhddZqLNf+P7A\nOHQiB/RBUrVQ9YRzlYOhQ/RZx/bJWrxOOQ/UehbFju36UJzc0Kr0jnSx4Hsgikvy\n8wIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/8VPPZD-iVNf15xoJPOfgCA",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd4-0b2f-7dc3-bcc9-2ab4907057c8"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" updates the PropertyValue "secure" with value "no"¶
send.Alice.trigger.update_actor
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"actions": [
{
"action": "update_property_value",
"key": "secure",
"value": "no"
}
]
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:59Z",
"object": {
"attachment": [
{
"type": "PropertyValue",
"name": "secure",
"value": "no"
}
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:58.775732",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
},
{
"PropertyValue": {
"@id": "https://schema.org/PropertyValue",
"@context": {
"value": "https://schema.org/value",
"name": "https://schema.org/name"
}
}
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwbxzHFHLnbGCQHc7/1Fz\nmCxNf3Ji8R5YtYIcWXkKNVWIQ4Tr7Ec/BrkMvR1Xvfon7y6lCeFksDti+3+PMjS+\nlSaNNWEm6/76tVUTLo2N2ckIq3b9WhOEtMVeNiiy51K9ao70Vs0TjK7p9yeJWmZo\ndb0UJekmEMk50A7MiVXMsgMqNkLtY/JHSqoavkoXeNc1S77Oihm3p3hjbVLDacUB\nHAIhWlZPdwRTKx7nFRT8BLsWdFM0sWvJOj8exbIHgJDnJlzKMrRUhddZqLNf+P7A\nOHQiB/RBUrVQ9YRzlYOhQ/RZx/bJWrxOOQ/UehbFju36UJzc0Kr0jnSx4Hsgikvy\n8wIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/8VPPZD-iVNf15xoJPOfgCA",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd4-0c7e-72b7-a9e2-872ffbb6a3b8"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" retrieves the object with the actor id of "Alice"¶
send.Alice.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"uri": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"uri": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"data": {
"attachment": [
{
"type": "PropertyValue",
"name": "secure",
"value": "no"
}
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:58.775732",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
},
{
"PropertyValue": {
"@id": "https://schema.org/PropertyValue",
"@context": {
"value": "https://schema.org/value",
"name": "https://schema.org/name"
}
}
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwbxzHFHLnbGCQHc7/1Fz\nmCxNf3Ji8R5YtYIcWXkKNVWIQ4Tr7Ec/BrkMvR1Xvfon7y6lCeFksDti+3+PMjS+\nlSaNNWEm6/76tVUTLo2N2ckIq3b9WhOEtMVeNiiy51K9ao70Vs0TjK7p9yeJWmZo\ndb0UJekmEMk50A7MiVXMsgMqNkLtY/JHSqoavkoXeNc1S77Oihm3p3hjbVLDacUB\nHAIhWlZPdwRTKx7nFRT8BLsWdFM0sWvJOj8exbIHgJDnJlzKMrRUhddZqLNf+P7A\nOHQiB/RBUrVQ9YRzlYOhQ/RZx/bJWrxOOQ/UehbFju36UJzc0Kr0jnSx4Hsgikvy\n8wIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/8VPPZD-iVNf15xoJPOfgCA",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/SAd6Xidq9S6kxs2zjoQakQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}