ActivityPub Viewer

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.

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{ "@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", "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag" } ], "id": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250953906049833", "published": "2022-10-29T10:01:09Z", "url": "https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109250980676370224", "attributedTo": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/followers" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224", "inReplyToAtomUri": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250953906049833", "conversation": "tag:mastodon.ar.al,2022-10-29:objectId=13268322:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>Even if you run your own instance, like I do, you have no <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>privacy</span></a> on the <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>fediverse</span></a>.</p><p>Only I get to read the direct messages received at my instance but I have no control over who sees the direct messages I send to other instances.</p><p>So, again, until end-to-end encryption is mandated by the core protocol (ActivityPub), remember:</p><p>Treat all posts on <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>mastodon</span></a> / the fediverse as public and use an end-to-end encrypted messaging app like Signal if you want to have private conversations with people.</p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>Even if you run your own instance, like I do, you have no <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>privacy</span></a> on the <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>fediverse</span></a>.</p><p>Only I get to read the direct messages received at my instance but I have no control over who sees the direct messages I send to other instances.</p><p>So, again, until end-to-end encryption is mandated by the core protocol (ActivityPub), remember:</p><p>Treat all posts on <a href=\"https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>mastodon</span></a> / the fediverse as public and use an end-to-end encrypted messaging app like Signal if you want to have private conversations with people.</p>" }, "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy", "name": "#privacy" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fediverse", "name": "#fediverse" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/mastodon", "name": "#mastodon" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 411 }, "shares": { "id": "https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/109250980676370224/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 388 } }