A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL
or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a
request with
the right
Accept
header
to the server to view the underlying object.
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#",
"atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri",
"inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri",
"conversation": "ostatus:conversation",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive",
"toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#",
"votersCount": "toot:votersCount"
}
],
"id": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463",
"type": "Note",
"summary": "mastodon meta",
"inReplyTo": null,
"published": "2022-11-10T17:43:33Z",
"url": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109320746670919463",
"attributedTo": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/followers"
],
"sensitive": true,
"atomUri": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463",
"inReplyToAtomUri": null,
"conversation": "tag:simonwillison.net,2022-11-10:objectId=51723:objectType=Conversation",
"content": "<p>On the one hand, Mastodon triggers 580+ HTTP requests every time I post anything (because my followers are distributed across 580+ servers)</p><p>But any time I visit a single web page in my browser it can trigger 30-100+ HTTP requests. So posting to Mastodon may end up equivalent to visiting 5 web pages?</p><p>Jury is still out for me on if the way Mastodon works is a significant problem in this respect</p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p>On the one hand, Mastodon triggers 580+ HTTP requests every time I post anything (because my followers are distributed across 580+ servers)</p><p>But any time I visit a single web page in my browser it can trigger 30-100+ HTTP requests. So posting to Mastodon may end up equivalent to visiting 5 web pages?</p><p>Jury is still out for me on if the way Mastodon works is a significant problem in this respect</p>"
},
"attachment": [],
"tag": [],
"replies": {
"id": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463/replies",
"type": "Collection",
"first": {
"type": "CollectionPage",
"next": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463/replies?min_id=109320823833301377&page=true",
"partOf": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463/replies",
"items": [
"https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320823833301377"
]
}
},
"likes": {
"id": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463/likes",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 55
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/109320746670919463/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 19
}
}