ActivityPub Inbox API

The inbox is an OrderedCollection endpoint on each actor that receives activities delivered by remote servers. Servers POST activities to an actor's inbox to federate content. The inbox also supports GET for authorized clients to retrieve received activities. ActivityPub uses HTTP Signatures for server-to-server authentication when delivering to inboxes.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: activitypub:activitypub-inbox-api
name: ActivityPub Inbox API
tags:
- Inbox
- Messages
- Delivery
- Social Networks
properties:
- url: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#inbox
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#server-to-server-interactions
  type: APIReference
description: The inbox is an OrderedCollection endpoint on each actor that receives activities delivered
  by remote servers. Servers POST activities to an actor's inbox to federate content. The inbox also supports
  GET for authorized clients to retrieve received activities. ActivityPub uses HTTP Signatures for server-to-server
  authentication when delivering to inboxes.