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.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/114691615068778846",
"type": "Note",
"summary": null,
"inReplyTo": "https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/114691482840932467",
"published": "2025-06-16T06:26:01Z",
"url": "https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke/114691615068778846",
"attributedTo": "https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/followers",
"https://floss.social/users/forgejo",
"https://techhub.social/users/hosford42"
],
"sensitive": false,
"atomUri": "https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/114691615068778846",
"inReplyToAtomUri": "https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/114691482840932467",
"conversation": "tag:techhub.social,2025-06-16:objectId=275749173:objectType=Conversation",
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://techhub.social/@hosford42\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>hosford42</span></a></span> I have copies of all my public repositories on GitHub still, because on GitHub they're discoverable. But GitHub is no longer a safe place for <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> people; it's increasingly an engine of exploitation, and it's increasingly a place where malefactors are tolerated.</p><p>I am really looking forward to the point where <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/ActivityPub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> federation in <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://floss.social/@forgejo\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>forgejo</span></a></span> works well, so that we can have reasonable discoverability in <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/Forgejo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Forgejo</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2025-03-08-installing-forgejo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">journeyman.cc/blog/posts-outpu</span><span class=\"invisible\">t/2025-03-08-installing-forgejo/</span></a></p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://techhub.social/@hosford42\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>hosford42</span></a></span> I have copies of all my public repositories on GitHub still, because on GitHub they're discoverable. But GitHub is no longer a safe place for <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> people; it's increasingly an engine of exploitation, and it's increasingly a place where malefactors are tolerated.</p><p>I am really looking forward to the point where <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/ActivityPub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> federation in <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://floss.social/@forgejo\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>forgejo</span></a></span> works well, so that we can have reasonable discoverability in <a href=\"https://mastodon.scot/tags/Forgejo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Forgejo</span></a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2025-03-08-installing-forgejo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">journeyman.cc/blog/posts-outpu</span><span class=\"invisible\">t/2025-03-08-installing-forgejo/</span></a></p>"
},
"attachment": [],
"tag": [
{
"type": "Mention",
"href": "https://techhub.social/users/hosford42",
"name": "@hosford42@techhub.social"
},
{
"type": "Mention",
"href": "https://floss.social/users/forgejo",
"name": "@forgejo@floss.social"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.scot/tags/forgejo",
"name": "#forgejo"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.scot/tags/activitypub",
"name": "#activitypub"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.scot/tags/opensource",
"name": "#opensource"
}
],
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"type": "Collection",
"first": {
"type": "CollectionPage",
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"items": []
}
},
"likes": {
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"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 10
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/114691615068778846/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 5
}
}