@actionsflow/activitypub-trigger

This is an Actionsflow trigger for ActivityPub.

Install

npm i @actionsflow/trigger-activitypub --save

Usage

on:
  activitypub:
    host: example.org
    user: test

Options

• host, required, hostname of source ActivityPub instance
• user, required, source user account

You can use General Config for Actionsflow Trigger for more customization.

Outputs

This trigger's outputs will be the following object.

An outputs example:

{
  "uri": "uniqueId",
  "message": "hello world title",
  "replyto": "optionalUniqueReplyId"
}

You can use the outputs like this:

jobs:
  print:
    name: Print
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Print Post Outputs
        env:
          uri: ${{on.activitypub.outputs.uri}}
          message: ${{on.activitypub.outputs.message}}
          reply: ${{ on.activitypub.outputs.replyto}}
        run: |
          echo uri: $uri
          echo message: $message
          echo reply: $reply

Limitations

Please note that:

• Direct replies only. By design, the trigger will only fire for direct replies from the original account owner.
• 30 minute Cutoff. Similarly, the trigger will ignore any posts made within a cutoff period of half-an-hour. Any posts made before T - 30 will be ignored to prevent accidental spamming.
• No media. We do not currently support media attachments.
• No polls. We do not currently support poll posts.
• Public only. We only support public ActivityPub posts.
• English only. We currently only support posts using the en (English) language code.