Terence EdenMar 9

RE: https://example.viii.fi/posts/69aeb347-03d0-dc44-83c8-9c7c488ff6e0.json

Thanks for all the suggestions. I've now implemented multiple images.

Next, I'll see if I can support updating or deleting posts.

Show threadTerence EdenMar 9

OK! Posts and their attachments can now be deleted from #ActivityBot.

Source code: https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/

Taking a little break for now, so you get to vote on the next feature:

Upload video (probably easy)
8.3%
Edit posts (probably hard)
20.8%
Set "Content Warning" (probably medium)
70.8%
Something else (leave a comment)
0%
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Terence Eden / ActivityBot · GitLab

A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub bot server.

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Show threadTerence EdenMar 10

I've added video (and audio) uploads to #ActivityBot. It also now supports content warnings.

For my next trick - edits to existing posts.

Does anyone have a simple #ActivityPub guide showing how an update message is supposed to look & propagate?

https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/

Terence Eden / ActivityBot · GitLab

A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub bot server.

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Show threadTerence Eden

I'm a fucking idiot!

Searched for "ActivityPub Update Example" and one of the first results was…

A blog I wrote two years ago!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/how-updates-work-in-activitypub-mastodon/

How updates work in ActivityPub / Mastodon

I didn't realise this, so I'm documenting it to stop other people making the same silly mistake that I did. Messages in ActivityPub have two distinct ID strings. Here's a (truncated) view of what happens when I send a new message on Mastodon: JSON "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/1234567890/activity", "type": "Create", …

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Show threadTerence EdenMar 10

Hmph. My updates are being sent, but only *some* #ActivityPub servers are updating the post.

If you fancy telling me which obvious mistake I've made, I've raised an issue at:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/38128

EDIT: Nope. It did work when - guess what - I read the fucking documentation.

Updates not updating on Mastodon, but are accepted on other AP servers · Issue #38128 · mastodon/mastodon

Steps to reproduce the problem My ActivityBot server sent the following update message: { "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "id": "https://example.viii.fi/posts/69b007a4-11a5-03e...

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Show threadKhleedrilMar 10
@Edent This is my single biggest annoyance with AP: you have to debug your application against every service you want to interact with, and the round-trip debugging loop is loooong.
Show threadKosMar 10
@Edent
If it helped you make sure to treat the author to a coffee!
Show threadTerence EdenMar 10
@kos mate, I'm gonna be buying him several pints tonight 😉
Show threadBen HardillMar 10
@Edent @kos not sure that will help with improving their memory.
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Mar 10

@Edent No you're not. You wrote that for Future You!

I've lost track of the number of times I've fixed something by searching and finding a mailing list post from me that's 10 years old, fixing the same something.

Thanks, historical me!

Show threadErik AblesonMar 10
@Edent I love it when past-me was on the ball.
Show threadJames DerrickMar 10

@Edent Not just you - once looked for a trail map of Simonside only to find the Forestry Commission was using #OpenStreetMap ... which I'd updated extensively with trail details from my previous walks!

Thanks, historical me!

Show threadlornajaneMar 10
@Edent I LOVE when this happens. A blog post written in words I understand and the commands probably have the correct paths for my machine as well :)
Show threadSimon BrookeMar 10
@Edent Isn't that what (and who) we all write documentation for?
Show threadNigel MetheringhamMar 10
@Edent guess what's going to happen in about 2 years time...