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://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629",
"type": "Note",
"summary": null,
"inReplyTo": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535710091338726",
"published": "2025-05-19T17:57:10Z",
"url": "https://fosstodon.org/@travisfw/114535788090956629",
"attributedTo": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/followers"
],
"sensitive": false,
"atomUri": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629",
"inReplyToAtomUri": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535710091338726",
"conversation": "tag:fosstodon.org,2025-05-15:objectId=316506982:objectType=Conversation",
"content": "<p>DNS and http resources can be so-easily mapped to top-level directories and files, they arguably already are.<br />Basically every element of the URL gets a directory until what follows the last slash, which can be a file name, and then write the parameters to the file, and keep the fragment to yourself, as a browser already does.<br />The big difference here is that the client is choosing how, and who, to send these requests to.<br />Also, the responses being static, the "server" need not stay up. (4/?)</p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p>DNS and http resources can be so-easily mapped to top-level directories and files, they arguably already are.<br />Basically every element of the URL gets a directory until what follows the last slash, which can be a file name, and then write the parameters to the file, and keep the fragment to yourself, as a browser already does.<br />The big difference here is that the client is choosing how, and who, to send these requests to.<br />Also, the responses being static, the "server" need not stay up. (4/?)</p>"
},
"attachment": [],
"tag": [],
"replies": {
"id": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629/replies",
"type": "Collection",
"first": {
"type": "CollectionPage",
"next": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
"partOf": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629/replies",
"items": []
}
},
"likes": {
"id": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629/likes",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 0
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://fosstodon.org/users/travisfw/statuses/114535788090956629/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 0
}
}