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.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551968134763416", "published": "2025-05-22T14:33:05Z", "url": "https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114551972540285696", "attributedTo": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/followers" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696", "inReplyToAtomUri": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551968134763416", "conversation": "tag:mastodon.social,2025-05-22:objectId=1003723189:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>4/</p><p>Federation is the word we use to describe that act of bringing together and connecting these separate Decentralized, Localized communities.</p><p>This is where protocols such as ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, etc come into play.</p><p>Federation is a voluntary choice.<br />But, so too is Defederation, if desired.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityStreams\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityStreams</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Federation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FeSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>FeSo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/governance\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Localization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Localization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/LoSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>LoSo</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>4/</p><p>Federation is the word we use to describe that act of bringing together and connecting these separate Decentralized, Localized communities.</p><p>This is where protocols such as ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, etc come into play.</p><p>Federation is a voluntary choice.<br />But, so too is Defederation, if desired.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityStreams\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>ActivityStreams</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Decentralization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Federation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Federation</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FeSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>FeSo</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/governance\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Localization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Localization</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/LoSo\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>LoSo</span></a></p>" }, "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/activitypub", "name": "#activitypub" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/activitystreams", "name": "#activitystreams" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralization", "name": "#decentralization" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/deso", "name": "#deso" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/federation", "name": "#federation" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/feso", "name": "#feso" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse", "name": "#fediverse" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/governance", "name": "#governance" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/localization", "name": "#localization" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://mastodon.social/tags/loso", "name": "#loso" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696/replies?min_id=114551984866658428&page=true", "partOf": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696/replies", "items": [ "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551984866658428" ] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 2 }, "shares": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/114551972540285696/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 2 } }