@dansup I built a simple ActivityPub server for running...

@dansup I built a simple ActivityPub server for running accounts for my side projects to avoid running a whole Masto instance https://bugle.lol

Was more of a learning exercise than anything but it works (e.g. @wegotfamily) and I wrote up everything I learnt here: https://rknight.me/building-an-activitypub-server/

Like 14 Aug 2023 at 8:58 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.lol

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dansup

@robb @wegotfamily Nice work, and great work on that blog post!

I noticed you use PHP, did you by chance use the Pixelfed source as a reference for the Http Sigs, or how did you figure that out? (Curious if there is a php based http sig post or explainer somewhere)

14 Aug 2023 at 9:01 | Open on mastodon.social

Robb Knight

@dansup The sigs was the biggest issue I had with it and yes I was in the PixelFed source at one point trying to work it out. I had 4 or 5 different implementations open because it definitely wasn't clear to me exactly how they're supposed to work.

14 Aug 2023 at 9:03 | Open on social.lol

dansup

@robb Yeah I figured, http sigs were challenging for me too, and back then there was only 1 implementation haha

I'm not sure if you've seen my #PubKit posts, I'm working on a suite of tools to help make this easier.

14 Aug 2023 at 9:06 | Open on mastodon.social

Robb Knight

@dansup I did, I’m looking forward to digging into it 👍

14 Aug 2023 at 9:17 | Open on social.lol

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