Webfinger

By Fediverse Developer Network

https://fedidevs.org/projects/server-apps/communecter/webfinger/

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

Example request:

The following request queries for ArmelWanes@communecter.org.

GET https://communecter.org/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:ArmelWanes@communecter.org

Example response:

{
  "subject": "acct:ArmelWanes@communecter.org",
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "href": "https://communecter.org/api/activitypub/users/u/ArmelWanes",
      "type": "application/activity+json"
    }
  ],
  "aliases": ["https://communecter.org/api/activitypub/users/u/ArmelWanes"]
}