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Webfinger

Kbin supports the Webfinger protocol for discovering the ActivityPub location of a user.

Example request:​

The following request queries for eee@dev.karab.in.

GET https://dev.karab.in/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:eee@dev.karab.in

Example response:​

Person​

{
  "subject": "acct:eee@dev.karab.in",
  "aliases": ["https://dev.karab.in/u/eee"],
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page",
      "href": "https://dev.karab.in/u/eee",
      "type": "text/html"
    },
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "href": "https://dev.karab.in/u/eee",
      "type": "application/activity+json"
    }
  ]
}

Group​

{
  "subject": "acct:fediverse@dev.karab.in",
  "aliases": ["https://dev.karab.in/m/fediverse"],
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "href": "https://dev.karab.in/m/fediverse",
      "type": "application/activity+json"
    },
    {
      "rel": "http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page",
      "href": "https://dev.karab.in/m/fediverse",
      "type": "text/html"
    }
  ]
}