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",
"blurhash": "toot:blurhash",
"focalPoint": {
"@container": "@list",
"@id": "toot:focalPoint"
}
}
],
"id": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096",
"type": "Note",
"summary": null,
"inReplyTo": null,
"published": "2025-04-30T15:20:20Z",
"url": "https://w3c.social/@w3c/114427587494889096",
"attributedTo": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://w3c.social/users/w3c/followers",
"https://w3c.social/users/timbl"
],
"sensitive": false,
"atomUri": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096",
"inReplyToAtomUri": null,
"conversation": "tag:w3c.social,2025-04-30:objectId=14169344:objectType=Conversation",
"content": "<p>On 30 April 1993, CERN's Directors declared that the three components of Web software (the basic line-mode client, the basic server and the library of common code) that Tim Berners-Lee <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://w3c.social/@timbl\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>timbl</span></a></span> had first proposed in 1989, were to be put in the Public Domain.</p><p>We are grateful to CERN and to Tim for this world changing decision which has enabled the W3C community to create open, accessible, international web standards which make the web work, for everyone. <br /><a href=\"https://home.web.cern.ch/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">home.web.cern.ch/science/compu</span><span class=\"invisible\">ting/birth-web/licensing-web</span></a></p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p>On 30 April 1993, CERN's Directors declared that the three components of Web software (the basic line-mode client, the basic server and the library of common code) that Tim Berners-Lee <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://w3c.social/@timbl\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>timbl</span></a></span> had first proposed in 1989, were to be put in the Public Domain.</p><p>We are grateful to CERN and to Tim for this world changing decision which has enabled the W3C community to create open, accessible, international web standards which make the web work, for everyone. <br /><a href=\"https://home.web.cern.ch/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">home.web.cern.ch/science/compu</span><span class=\"invisible\">ting/birth-web/licensing-web</span></a></p>"
},
"attachment": [
{
"type": "Document",
"mediaType": "image/jpeg",
"url": "https://w3csocial.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/427/587/340/480/442/original/19e594800e0e0ebb.jpeg",
"name": "early black and white screenshot of web pages",
"blurhash": "URN,_D9F00Rj%MIUD%ayIU%M-;ofofD%WBt7",
"width": 518,
"height": 385
}
],
"tag": [
{
"type": "Mention",
"href": "https://w3c.social/users/timbl",
"name": "@timbl"
}
],
"replies": {
"id": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096/replies",
"type": "Collection",
"first": {
"type": "CollectionPage",
"next": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
"partOf": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096/replies",
"items": []
}
},
"likes": {
"id": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096/likes",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 376
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://w3c.social/users/w3c/statuses/114427587494889096/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 432
}
}