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",
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag"
}
],
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012",
"type": "Note",
"summary": null,
"inReplyTo": "https://mastodon.hccp.org/users/igb/statuses/114741935058517358",
"published": "2025-06-25T07:29:10Z",
"url": "https://mastodon.online/@apodoxus/114742824163034012",
"attributedTo": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/followers",
"https://mastodon.hccp.org/users/igb"
],
"sensitive": false,
"atomUri": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012",
"inReplyToAtomUri": "https://mastodon.hccp.org/users/igb/statuses/114741935058517358",
"conversation": "tag:mastodon.hccp.org,2025-06-25:objectId=2268367:objectType=Conversation",
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.hccp.org/@igb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>igb</span></a></span> It comes from the verb 'to post'. We used to post things in the mail. That in turn comes from posting a message publically so that everyone could see it by literally nailing it to a post. The word still means that, like in phrases such as "post no bills". Also, 'toot' sounded stupid and nobody could deal with it. 😁</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.hccp.org/@igb\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>igb</span></a></span> It comes from the verb 'to post'. We used to post things in the mail. That in turn comes from posting a message publically so that everyone could see it by literally nailing it to a post. The word still means that, like in phrases such as "post no bills". Also, 'toot' sounded stupid and nobody could deal with it. 😁</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>"
},
"updated": "2025-06-25T07:30:03Z",
"attachment": [],
"tag": [
{
"type": "Mention",
"href": "https://mastodon.hccp.org/users/igb",
"name": "@igb@mastodon.hccp.org"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology",
"name": "#etymology"
}
],
"replies": {
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012/replies",
"type": "Collection",
"first": {
"type": "CollectionPage",
"next": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
"partOf": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012/replies",
"items": []
}
},
"likes": {
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012/likes",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 1
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/apodoxus/statuses/114742824163034012/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 0
}
}