Fedify 1.0.1

Released on September 26, 2024.

• Fixed deprecation messages related to the {handle} variable in URL templates; they had had wrong placeholders in the message templates.

• Fixed a bug of Object.toJsonLd() method where it had not fall back to the proper compact form when the heuristic compact form was not available.

Fedify 0.15.2

Released on September 26, 2024.

• Fixed a bug of Object.toJsonLd() method where it had not fall back to the proper compact form when the heuristic compact form was not available.

Fedify 0.14.5

Released on September 26, 2024.

• Fixed a bug of Object.toJsonLd() method where it had not fall back to the proper compact form when the heuristic compact form was not available.

Fedify 1.0.0

Released on September 26, 2024.

• The term handle for dispatching actors is deprecated in favor of identifier.

  • The URI template for the following methods now accepts variable {identifier} instead of {handle}:

    • Federation.setActorDispatcher()
    • Federation.setInboxDispatcher()
    • Federation.setOutboxDispatcher()
    • Federation.setFollowingDispatcher()
    • Federation.setFollowersDispatcher()
    • Federation.setLikedDispatcher()
    • Federation.setFeaturedDispatcher()
    • Federation.setFeaturedTagsDispatcher()
    • Federation.setInboxListeners()

    The {handle} variable is deprecated, and it will be removed in the future.

  • The type of Federation.setActorDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setInboxDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setOutboxDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setFollowingDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setFollowersDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setLikedDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setFeaturedDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setFeaturedTagsDispatcher() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Federation.setInboxListeners() method's first parameter became ${string}{identifier}${string}` | `${string}{handle}${string} (was ${string}{handle}${string}).

  • The type of Context.getDocumentLoader() method's first parameter became { identifier: string } | { username: string } | { handle: string } | { keyId: URL; privateKey: CryptoKey } (was { handle: string } | { keyId: URL; privateKey: CryptoKey }).

  • Passing { handle: string } to Context.getDocumentLoader() method is deprecated in favor of { username: string }.

  • The type of Context.sendActivity() method's first parameter became SenderKeyPair | SenderKeyPair[] | { identifier: string } | { username: string } | { handle: string } (was SenderKeyPair | SenderKeyPair[] | { handle: string }).

  • All properties of ParseUriResult type became readonly.

  • Added identifier properties next to handle properties in ParseUriResult type.

  • The handle properties of ParseUriResult type are deprecated in favor of identifier properties.

  • The return type of SharedInboxKeyDispatcher callback type became SenderKeyPair | { identifier: string } | { username: string } | { handle: string } | null | Promise<SenderKeyPair | { identifier: string } | { username: string } | { handle: string } | null> (was SenderKeyPair | { handle: string } | null | Promise<SenderKeyPair | { handle: string } | null>).

• Fedify now supports Linked Data Signatures, which is outdated but still widely used in the fediverse.

  • A Federation object became to verify an activity's Linked Data Signatures if it has one. If Linked Data Signatures are verified, Object Integrity Proofs and HTTP Signatures are not verified.
  • Context.sendActivity() method became to sign an activity with Linked Data Signatures if there is at least one RSA-PKCS#1-v1.5 key pair.
  • Added Signature interface.
  • Added signJsonLd() function.
  • Added SignJsonLdOptions interface.
  • Added createSignature() function.
  • Added CreateSignatureOptions interface.
  • Added verifyJsonLd() function.
  • Added VerifyJsonLdOptions interface.
  • Added verifySignature() function.
  • Added VerifySignatureOptions interface.
  • Added attachSignature() function.
  • Added detachSignature() function.

• In inbox listeners, a received activity now can be forwarded to another server. [#137]

  • Added InboxContext interface.
  • Added ForwardActivityOptions interface.
  • The first parameter of the InboxListener callback type became InboxContext (was Context).

• Added cat property to Actor type in Activity Vocabulary API.

  • Added Application.cat property.
  • new Application() constructor now accepts cat option.
  • Application.clone() method now accepts cat option.
  • Added Group.cat property.
  • new Group() constructor now accepts cat option.
  • Group.clone() method now accepts cat option.
  • Added Organization.cat property.
  • new Organization() constructor now accepts cat option.
  • Organization.clone() method now accepts cat option.
  • Added Person.cat property.
  • new Person() constructor now accepts cat option.
  • Person.clone() method now accepts cat option.
  • Added Service.cat property.
  • new Service() constructor now accepts cat option.
  • Service.clone() method now accepts cat option.

• The Context.parseUri() method's parameter type became URL | null (was URL).

• Context.sendActivity() method now adds Object Integrity Proofs to the activity to be sent only once. It had added Object Integrity Proofs to the activity for every recipient before.

• The message queue is now able to be stopped manually by providing an AbortSignal object to the Federation.startQueue() method.

  • Added the optional second parameter to Federation.startQueue() method, which is a FederationStartQueueOptions object.
  • Added FederationStartQueueOptions interface.
  • Added the optional second parameter to MessageQueue.listen() method, which is a MessageQueueListenOptions object.
  • Added MessageQueueListenOptions interface.
  • The return type of MessageQueue.listen() method became Promise<void> (was void).

• Added ParallelMessageQueue class. [#106]

• WebFinger responses now include http://webfinger.net/rel/avatar links if the Actor object returned by the actor dispatcher has icon/icons property.

• DenoKvMessageQueue now implements Disposable interface.

• The fedify inbox command now sends Delete(Application) activities when it's terminated so that the peers can clean up data related to the temporary actor. [#135]

• Add options for PostgreSQL drivers to fedify init command.

  • Added postgres value to the -k/--kv-store option of the fedify init command.
  • Added postgres value to the -q/--message-queue option of the fedify init command.

• The generated project by the fedify init command now enables dotenv by default.

• The fedify init command now generates .env file with default values.

• Added more log messages using the LogTape library. Currently the below logger categories are used:

  • ["fedify", "sig", "ld"]

Fedify 0.15.1

Released on September 15, 2024.

• Fixed a bug where even if the ActorCallbackSetters.mapHandle() method was called, a WebFinger username was used as an actor's handle. [#136]

Fedify 0.15.0

Released on September 11, 2024.

• Actors, collections, and objects now can have their URIs that do not consist of a WebFinger username, which means actors can change their fediverse handles.

  • Added ActorCallbackSetters.mapHandle() method.
  • Added ActorHandleMapper type.

• Added quoteUrl property to Article, ChatMessage, Note, and Question classes in Activity Vocabulary API.

  • Added Article.quoteUrl property.
  • new Article() constructor now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Article.clone() method now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Added ChatMessage.quoteUrl property.
  • new ChatMessage() constructor now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • ChatMessage.clone() method now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Added Note.quoteUrl property.
  • new Note() constructor now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Note.clone() method now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Added Question.quoteUrl property.
  • new Question() constructor now accepts quoteUrl option.
  • Question.clone() method now accepts quoteUrl option.

• The element type of the liked collection is now Object or URL instead of Like.

  • Changed the type of Federation.setLikedDispatcher() method's second parameter to CollectionDispatcher<Object | URL, RequestContext<TContextData>, TContextData, void> (was CollectionDispatcher<Like, RequestContext<TContextData>, TContextData, void>).

• Removed expand option of Object.toJsonLd() method, which was deprecated in version 0.14.0. Use format: "expand" option instead.

• Added Context.lookupObject() method.

• Default document loaders now recognize ActivityStream objects in more ways:

  • Loaders now recognize alternate ActivityStreams objects in the Link header.
  • Loaders now recognize alternate ActivityStreams objects in the <link>/<a> HTML elements.

• Added allowPrivateAddress option to CreateFederationOptions interface.

• Fixed a bug where the WebFinger response had had a subject property with an unmatched URI to the requested resource when a non-acct: URI was given.

• Renamed the short option -c for --compact of fedify lookup command to -C to avoid conflict with the short option -c for --cache-dir.

• Added -r/--raw option to fedify lookup command to output the raw JSON object.

Fedify 0.14.4

Released on September 6, 2024.

• Fixed a bug of Object.fromJsonLd() method where it had thrown a TypeError when the given JSON-LD object had an @id property with an empty string.

Fedify 0.13.5

Released on September 6, 2024.

• Fixed a bug of Object.fromJsonLd() method where it had thrown a TypeError when the given JSON-LD object had an @id property with an empty string.

Fedify 0.14.3

Released on September 1, 2024.

• Fixed fedify inbox command where it had ignored -a/--accept-follow options when no -f/--follow option was provided. [#132]

Fedify 0.13.4

Released on September 1, 2024.

• Fixed fedify inbox command where it had ignored -a/--accept-follow options when no -f/--follow option was provided. [#132]