Publish Object Works¶
given: "Alice" created an actor on "banach" called "Alice" with username "Alice"¶
send.Alice.request.create_actor
{
"base_url": "http://banach",
"preferred_username": "Alice",
"profile": {},
"automatically_accept_followers": null,
"name": null
}
receive.Alice.response.create_actor
{
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:22.215554",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAlaB1L010kmxHUfY7U03c\ns222gdkBvv62y1rSMuZmejTOlGSflotAG+cuG2Fq2fNknEME2CyKKQe5oExtOzed\nVbIT1owf0gMcHIr54wKDIrpGcxX1OvtPJQNfQ7kYEIvJeZ1pOPtvhOO9Ywkn0S9K\ntAXYWCmUfCASqezI5GVJlR+pt+tR3+ipmIN5jyBOXN0pfhPvhtGsZQbHjIaxuuwE\n+V5HfhPNs3TfKtWE95QazBmNOA0KIcqoiOTej2YEpOlZMihEd6tk8Sj2OmHmJvME\nfDa1/Er2XoADrXYyDkr7Ao4OdEbXJVUGGREI78S7OSOSN8HGoF5EI7+6JCMrx/f/\nVQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/f-_RwOI_fT2rc01EhGLcAg",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@banach",
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/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": "2026-03-20T15:19:22.847409",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAq/Kf1LwA60Z6NRilEU8I\nJ8sTgUTvrD2ZkywBbbobUxmjEdjRnrNnVmx+ABbIGcousqfJ0WaJy8nYTm0ww8ma\neGo6UrR/iNbA7wPo5Q76kAL08hCU2gBnd1sSDd9qinswzHnbFUJWVu0iTXm49W+n\nAJfgEMCMv1KfF1kZB4eONNod/CvXRUjJSjX2KpICyBGeeUhxJTY0walhWAtYM/ZC\nndqyevmZnofRu6nAAFme/6tby1Qkyb1l8PkB0J+/uzJCsxD8M6yiScyyK6FRdfjv\nyiX1iq9wImXEOxMMlQZtoHHXT/X/bnoJULAz1jHgFG7LQZQmeqUZ/qxQFyehz+rU\njQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/2ZRjD4Et8Kj-uVrXGS4qPA",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
when: "Bob" sends "Alice" a Follow Activity¶
send.Bob.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
],
"id": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:22Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
}
}
receive.Bob.outgoing.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
],
"id": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:22Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Alice.incoming.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
],
"id": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:22Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" sends an Accept to this Follow Activity¶
send.Alice.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"object": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"id": "accept:ba221076-97f4-4f6e-b1d1-d2d6cd4ba434"
}
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"object": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"id": "accept:ba221076-97f4-4f6e-b1d1-d2d6cd4ba434"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"object": "follow:fe279152-dc95-484a-ad20-86cee6186305",
"id": "accept:ba221076-97f4-4f6e-b1d1-d2d6cd4ba434"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" publishes a message "moo" to her followers¶
send.Alice.trigger.publish_object
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"content": "moo"
}
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Create
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Create",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"object": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"content": "moo",
"id": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c4f-7b7b-bc83-e625a96e6120"
},
"id": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c58-7c94-9532-f97115dd3904"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Create
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Create",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"object": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/eP2doUzO9S4O2PJN8DMLZQ/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:19:23Z",
"content": "moo",
"id": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c4f-7b7b-bc83-e625a96e6120"
},
"id": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c58-7c94-9532-f97115dd3904"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
then: "Bob" receives an activity¶
then: the received activity is of type "Create"¶
then: "Bob" can retrieve the activity¶
send.Bob.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"uri": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c58-7c94-9532-f97115dd3904"
}
receive.Bob.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/Rapq829XnAAOP1b6FR7Z9w",
"uri": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c58-7c94-9532-f97115dd3904",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Tombstone",
"id": "http://banach/simple_storage/019d0bd4-6c58-7c94-9532-f97115dd3904"
}
}