I made my first unit tests today. I'll have to support the parts of JSON-LD spec I thought I didn't need because, well, I might end up needing them to verify LD-signatures.
The JSON-LD algorithm spec was clearly written with something dynamically typed like JavaScript in mind. Implementing that in Java is pain in the ass and takes extreme amounts of instanceof statements to get right.
But at least I now support those "reverse" properties no one's ever gonna use...
Replying to something now adds a mention of both the author of the original post and of the reply you're replying to – so both those people get notifications. If you're replying to a reply, that second mention is actually visible.
(side note: there are two kinds of mentions in AP, the one you put into the "tag" field which triggers notifications on Mastodon, and the one you put into the post content as a link that users can click on.)
Seems like Mastodon only notifies you about a reply if the reply contains a mention. Addressing (to/cc) doesn't matter here AT ALL. So I guess I have to support mentions, no way around that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@judeswae this doesn't open for me for some reason, and the console shows a 403 while it's calling its API. Tried both with and without a VPN, from different browsers too. I surely can't be the only one?
@lightone@strypey also Smithereen which I'm making. VKontakte-like social network written in Java (probably the first ever #ActivityPub implementation in Java) with friends and walls and photos and groups... Of which currently only friends and walls are implemented. Not quite ready enough and so not published anywhere yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
@garfiald@jojo jokes on them, I'll publish my ActivityPub implementation under The Unlicense. Can't acquire "intellectual rights" to something that's public domain.
@acka47 as far as I've seen in related github issues, this wasn't quite a "test suite". Rather, it was more of a form that you fill in about your AP implementation.
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