NAME
activitypub —
notes about the azorius
implementation
DESCRIPTION
The
azorius(1) server processes activities using the
ActivityPub protocol to exchange messages with other
servers. The specification is subject to interpretation, and not all
implementations behave in the same way. This document attempts to clarify
azorius's behavior. It is not intended to be a complete description of
ActivityPub, but may be useful as a guide to other
implementors looking to interoperate.
OBJECTS
The following object or document types are supported.
- Page
- Used for posts. This is the object that azorius expects to receive for posts and links.
- Note
- Used for comments. Will not in general work as replacement for Page.
- ChatMessage
- Used for chat.
Azorius primarily supports HTML content, not markdown or other formats, with a wide range of permitted HTML tags in object content fields.
ACTIVITIES
The following activities are supported.
- Create
- Supported.
- Announce
- Groups will forward activities to followers using Announce.
- Follow
- Can follow both groups and persons.
- Update
- Supported.
- Delete
- Does what it can.
- Like
- Not yet implemented.
METADATA
The following additional object types are supported, typically as tag or attachment.
- Link
- The URL link for a Page.
- Image
- For attached images.
- Document
- As a variant of Image.
- Hashtag
- Limited.
SECURITY
Azorius uses http signatures.
WEBFINGER
Azorius implements the webfinger end point but it is not required for federation.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
CAVEATS
The ActivityPub standard is subject to interpretation.