ActivityPub.Academy, a learning resource for ActivityPub| seb.jambor.dev
63 Posts, 73 Following, 323 Followers · I like to explore und understand technology, and share my understanding in an acessible way on my blog. I also created two playgrounds: systemd-by-example.com is a playground that allows you to experiment with systemd from your browser, and activitypub.academy is a Fediverse instance that allows you to explore the ActitivyPub protocol in real time.| Mastodon
Understanding ActivityPub - Part 3: The State of Mastodon| seb.jambor.dev
Understanding ActivityPub - Part 2: Lemmy| seb.jambor.dev
The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.| www.w3.org
Today we’ll be looking at how to connect the protocols powering Mastodon in the simplest way possible to enter the federated network. We will use static files, standard command-line tools, and some simple Ruby scripting, although the functionality should be easily adaptable to other programming languages. First, what’s the end goal of this exercise? We want to send a Mastodon user a message from our own, non-Mastodon server. So what are the ingredients required?| Mastodon Blog