Hey #ActivityPub friends.

[samedwards@mastodon.social]

@Edent Not a feature, but a bug report. The ActivityPub spec doesn't spell it out super clearly, but I'm pretty sure that an Actor's Outbox should be a collection of Activities, not Objects like the single-file server uses.

So the outbox should have "type" => "Create", and the Object will specify the type it is

[edent@mastodon.social]

@samedwards Interesting. Could you point out where it says that?
(Not saying you're wrong; saying I sometimes have difficulty finding the right spec!)

[samedwards@mastodon.social]

@Edent https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#outbox

> The outbox stream contains activities the user has published

And then an example of a Create activity on a Note https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-create

[edent@mastodon.social]

@samedwards got it

[edent@mastodon.social]

@samedwards Aha! Thanks.

So does this look right to you?
http://example.viii.fi/outbox

[samedwards@mastodon.social]

@Edent Yup, that looks like what I'd expect to see, and mirrors Mastodon as well, ie. https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/outbox?page=true

[threkk@mastodon.social]

@Edent Delete and/or updating posts would be amazing. It would become a great reference implementation for basic ActivityPub interactions.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@threkk I'll have a think about how I could do that. Thanks

[threkk@mastodon.social]

@Edent No, thank you for making this

[edent@mastodon.social]

@silverpill good spot!
I assume if it isn't a reply, the field should be excluded?

Or should it be something else?