Draft: Initial ActivityPub / Mastodon Support

[NuSkooler]

⚠️ THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS ⚠️

[y4my4my4m]

@NuSkooler
This is awesome, I've just noticed this PR.
I will checkout and see if I can contribute. My BBS is related to my Misskey ( a mastodon compatible but separate activity pub software) so it seems fitting that you'd be able to use interchangeably!!

[NuSkooler]

@y4my4my4m A great initial help would be testing and finding where the implementation is quirky, and ensuring interoperability with Misskey would be awesome!

[NuSkooler]

@y4my4my4m Thank you for all the info thus far. I have had other obligations the last couple weeks, but hope to have some time to start working on AP again.

RE what enig's implementation is, yeah a full AP server. The intent is to allow @yourname@yourboard.com accounts. Board-to-board and Fediverse merged.

[y4my4my4m]

@NuSkooler
Sorry for the confusion, I realized I had left the domain in my local hostsfiles and was actually connecting to a local instance 😅
I got it running properly now

Works:

• following (local & remote)
• followers (local & remote)
• receiving DMs (local & remote)
• sending DMs (local only)
• replying to DMs (local & remote)
• avatar display
• public posts ONLY after you've received a public mention

Doesn't work

• manual approve of follow request
  • remote: stuck at "processing..." instead of "awaiting request approval".
  • local: pressing "space" or "del" doesn't do anything [log1]
• post public posts if never mentioned (cant open the page) [log2]
• list public posts (no log output)

Logs

log1:

{"name":"ENiGMA½","hostname":"f2d3f90e2d99","pid":15,"nodeId":1,"sessionId":"BrUmN2BVVaK","username":"devtest","level":40,"method":"spaceKeyPressed","msg":"Object does not exist: Method does not exist","time":"2023-09-09T11:42:24.587Z","v":0}
{"name":"ENiGMA½","hostname":"f2d3f90e2d99","pid":15,"nodeId":1,"sessionId":"BrUmN2BVVaK","username":"devtest","level":40,"err":{"message":"Object does not exist: Method does not exist","name":"EnigError","stack":"EnigError: Object does not exist: Method does not exist\n    at Object.DoesNotExist (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/enig_error.js:34:9)\n    at Object.handleAction (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/menu_util.js:245:36)\n    at ViewController.handleActionWrapper (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/view_controller.js:52:18)\n    at ViewController.clientKeyPressHandler (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/view_controller.js:84:22)\n    at TelnetClient.emit (node:events:514:28)\n    at bufPart (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/client.js:445:26)\n    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at TelnetClient.clientData (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/client.js:325:13)\n    at TelnetClient.emit (node:events:514:28)\n    at TelnetClient.<anonymous> (/workspaces/dev-bbs-XXXX/core/servers/login/telnet.js:40:18)","code":-33002},"msg":"Error during handleAction()","time":"2023-09-09T11:42:24.587Z"

log2:

{"name":"ENiGMA½","hostname":"f2d3f90e2d99","pid":15,"nodeId":1,"sessionId":"BrUmN2BVVaK","username":"devtest","level":50,"error":"No messages in area","msg":"Error loading message list","time":"2023-09-09T11:46:33.458Z","v":0}
{"name":"ENiGMA½","hostname":"f2d3f90e2d99","pid":15,"nodeId":1,"sessionId":"BrUmN2BVVaK","username":"devtest","level":40,"msg":"Error during init sequence { error: 'No messages in area' }","time":"2023-09-09T11:46:33.459Z","v":0}

Notes:

• It is strange that I can reply to direct message, but I cannot initiate a direct message
• I don't know about mastodon, but I don't think direct messages should have a subject. In fact the "content" is interpreted as extra data and the "subject" as the response.
• When replying to a post, the message will automatically add the user you're replying to, but it wont add the full domain so if it's not a local user it'll be wrong. Sould always add the full @user@domain unless it's a local one

Addendum

• After logging back in, it "scanned new AP area message" and then I was aable to see the post that the user I follow has publicly made (without mentioning me). However they were in the post public message section, still can't see the view public messages.

• Some info that would be nice to add to the server in config.hjson

softwareName:null
softwareVersion:null
openRegistrations:null
name:null
description:null
maintainerName:null
maintainerEmail:null
iconUrl:null
faviconUrl:null
themeColor:null

[NuSkooler]

@y4my4my4m This is incredibly useful, thank you! I hope to have time this week to work on some of this

[y4my4my4m]

@NuSkooler
glad to hear! let me know how I can help

[y4my4my4m]

@NuSkooler thought i'd mention since i stumbled upon this, the info provided in the addendum is actually an attempt at standardization for activitypub, it's normally put in website.com/.well-known/nodeinfo

https://github.com/jhass/nodeinfo

[NuSkooler]

@NuSkooler thought i'd mention since i stumbled upon this, the info provided in the addendum is actually an attempt at standardization for activitypub, it's normally put in website.com/.well-known/nodeinfo

https://github.com/jhass/nodeinfo

Currently in this branch, Enig supports nodeinfo2: https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs/pull/460/files#diff-3a5977a1dc5df162ebfe115c66cefca9f3bc9019376cd35791b64b64f956e5f5

We could easily support nodeinfo as well if needed.