;;;; simple-server: A bare-bones example ActivityPub instance. ;; Written in 2024 by Jaidyn Levesque ;; ;; To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated ;; all copyright and related and neighboring rights to this ;; software to the public domain worldwide. This software is ;; distributed without any warranty. ;; ;; You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain ;; Dedication along with this software. If not, see ;; . (defpackage #:activitypub-example (:use #:cl) (:export :start-server :seed) ;; Note that we use a nickname for the ActivityStreams vocab! ;; I recommend doing likewise; save yourself some typing! (:local-nicknames (:as :activity-servist/vocab/activity))) (in-package #:activitypub-example) ;;; Globals ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defvar *store* (make-hash-table :test #'equal) "Our “object-store” — stores all ActivityPub objects, mapped by their IRI @ID.") (defvar *config* '(:address "localhost" :protocol "http" :port 8080 :fetch fetch)) (defvar *user-id-format* "~A://~A/users/~A" "The format we use for user’s @IDs/URIs. The first parameter is the protocol, the second the host, and the third the username. For example: “https://localhost:8080/users/lena”.") ;;; Invocation ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defun start-server () "Start the server; simple and to-the-point." (clack:clackup (lambda (env) (let ((activity-servist:*config* *config*)) (activity-servist:server env))) :server 'woo :address (getf *config* :address) :port (getf *config* :port))) (defun seed () "Seed our server with some random users, for testing purposes." (save (make-user "maria" "Maria ♥")) (save (make-user "melanie" "Melanie >:o")) (save (make-user "jorge" "Jorge 🦆"))) ;;; Activity-Servist callbacks ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defun fetch (uri) "activity-servist callback); returns the JSON-LD-OBJECT of the given @ID or URI. This example server simply stores objects in a hash-table mapping IDs to objects." (let ((id (or (uri->id uri) uri))) (gethash id *store*))) ;;; ID-management ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defun uri->id (uri-str) "Returns an object’s @ID corresponding to the URI string. For most cases, returning URI-STR directly is what you want. But there are two exceptions: • Account URIs of format “acct:username@host.tld”, as used by WebFinger. • Aliases, if an object can be accessed through several URIs. This example only handles the first exception, acct: URIs." (let* ((uri (quri:uri uri-str)) (scheme (quri:uri-scheme uri))) (if (or (not scheme) (equal scheme "acct")) (acct-uri->id uri) uri-str))) (defun acct-uri->id (uri) "Helper-function for URI->ID. Returns the @ID of an acct:-format URI. That is, an “acct:username@host.tld” URI." (let* ((path (quri:uri-path uri)) (sans-preceding-@ (if (str:starts-with-p "@" path) (subseq path 1) path))) (destructuring-bind (user host) (str:split "@" sans-preceding-@) (format nil *user-id-format* (host-scheme host) host user)))) (defun host-scheme (hostname) "Helper-function for ACCT-URI->ID. Returns the expected protocol of a hostname. If it’s our configured :ADDRESS (in *CONFIG*), then return *CONFIG*’s :PROTOCOL. Otherwise, assume “https”." (if (equal (getf *config* :address) hostname) (getf *config* :protocol) "https")) ;;; Data-management ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defun save (obj) "Save an object to our object-store, *STORE*." (setf (gethash (json-ld:@id obj) *store*) obj)) ;;; Users ;;; ———————————————————————————————————————— (defclass user (as:person) ((inbox :accessor user-inbox :initform nil :documentation "A list of objects in the user’s inbox.") (outbox :accessor user-outbox :initform nil :documentation "A list of objects in the user’s outbox.") (following :accessor user-following :initform nil :documentation "A list of Actor objects that the user is following.") (followers :accessor user-followers :initform nil :documentation "A list of Actor objects that follow the user."))) (defun make-user (username nickname) "Create a USER of the given USERNAME and NICKNAME. The ID and ENDPOINTS are derived using the parameter USERNAME and the global *USER-ID-FORMAT*." (let ((obj (make-instance 'user)) (uri (format nil *user-id-format* (getf *config* :protocol) (getf *config* :address) username))) (flet ((sub-uri (path) (format nil "~A/~A" uri path))) (setf (as:name obj) username) (setf (json-ld:@id obj) uri) (setf (as:inbox obj) (sub-uri "inbox")) (setf (as:outbox obj) (sub-uri "outbox")) (setf (as:following obj) (sub-uri "following")) (setf (as:followers obj) (sub-uri "followers"))) obj))