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* Make it work with Lemmy * working but needs cleanup * almost everything working * debug * stack overflow fix
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46 lines
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## Sending activities
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To send an activity we need to initialize our previously defined struct, and pick an actor for sending. We also need a list of all actors that should receive the activity.
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```
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# use activitypub_federation::config::FederationConfig;
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# use activitypub_federation::activity_queue::send_activity;
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# use activitypub_federation::http_signatures::generate_actor_keypair;
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# use activitypub_federation::traits::Actor;
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# use activitypub_federation::fetch::object_id::ObjectId;
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# use activitypub_federation::traits::tests::{DB_USER, DbConnection, Follow};
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# let _ = actix_rt::System::new();
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# actix_rt::Runtime::new().unwrap().block_on(async {
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# let db_connection = DbConnection;
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# let config = FederationConfig::builder()
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# .domain("example.com")
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# .app_data(db_connection)
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# .build()?;
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# let data = config.to_request_data();
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# let sender = DB_USER.clone();
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# let recipient = DB_USER.clone();
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let activity = Follow {
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actor: ObjectId::parse("https://lemmy.ml/u/nutomic")?,
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object: recipient.apub_id.clone().into(),
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kind: Default::default(),
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id: "https://lemmy.ml/activities/321".try_into()?
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};
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let inboxes = vec![recipient.shared_inbox_or_inbox()];
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send_activity(activity, &sender, inboxes, &data).await?;
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# Ok::<(), anyhow::Error>(())
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# }).unwrap()
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```
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The list of inboxes gets deduplicated (important for shared inbox). All inboxes on the local
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domain and those which fail the [crate::config::UrlVerifier] check are excluded from delivery.
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For each remaining inbox a background tasks is created. It signs the HTTP header with the given
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private key. Finally the activity is delivered to the inbox.
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It is possible that delivery fails because the target instance is temporarily unreachable. In
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this case the task is scheduled for retry after a certain waiting time. For each task delivery
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is retried up to 3 times after the initial attempt. The retry intervals are as follows:
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- one minute, in case of service restart
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- one hour, in case of instance maintenance
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- 2.5 days, in case of major incident with rebuild from backup
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In case [crate::config::FederationConfigBuilder::debug] is enabled, no background thread is used but activities are sent directly on the foreground. This makes it easier to catch delivery errors and avoids complicated steps to await delivery in tests.
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