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Object types

Varying the object type and investigation what happens to the properties. Relevant properties are

{
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "${type}",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content"
}

where type is the property being varied between different entries in the table. Object types are defined in https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#object-types.

Examples

Example 1

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/xVYmi84B51c",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:26Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Article",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/spnUcIG2aKI",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:26Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
pyfedi
{
  "id": 174,
  "user_id": 2,
  "community_id": 1,
  "title": "name",
  "deleted": false,
  "nsfw": false,
  "sticky": false,
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:26.275193Z",
  "ap_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/spnUcIG2aKI",
  "local": false,
  "language_id": 2,
  "removed": false,
  "locked": false,
  "body": "content"
}

Example 2

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/mHFfsLxkMUw",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:26Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Audio",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/8H7_EYQupSU",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:26Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 3

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/p9Ikjn4bkz4",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:39Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Document",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/yXNBnBVMvVc",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:39Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 4

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/Csc9UBtD2I0",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:51Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Event",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/TM8Pj64gw7Q",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:32:51Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 5

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/aE4Od4BaWL8",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:04Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Image",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/Rt7xLWmZ338",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:04Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 6

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/He_6JThAF1o",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:17Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/6VKThVCRKxs",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:17Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
pyfedi
{
  "id": 175,
  "user_id": 2,
  "community_id": 1,
  "title": "name",
  "deleted": false,
  "nsfw": false,
  "sticky": false,
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:17.496536Z",
  "ap_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/6VKThVCRKxs",
  "local": false,
  "language_id": 2,
  "removed": false,
  "locked": false,
  "body": "content"
}

Example 7

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/iFIlSJMDi5E",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:18Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Page",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/aWk1QXRcRu0",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:18Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
pyfedi
{
  "id": 176,
  "user_id": 2,
  "community_id": 1,
  "title": "name",
  "deleted": false,
  "nsfw": false,
  "sticky": false,
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:18.228790Z",
  "ap_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/aWk1QXRcRu0",
  "local": false,
  "language_id": 2,
  "removed": false,
  "locked": false,
  "body": "content"
}

Example 8

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/WpGTpP1qGIU",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:18Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Place",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/7IXCdYcoUPs",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:18Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 9

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/qSbUFoGacmM",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:31Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Profile",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/0WljY5cIBjo",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:31Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 10

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/Xcf_wXgd-z0",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:43Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Relationship",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/sF7d1BFMCSY",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:43Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 11

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/nxa10fcXJlU",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:56Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Tombstone",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/mWHkQoK5Wrc",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:33:56Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 12

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/uSA5om_feUs",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:09Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Video",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/TSfZssQPLZg",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:09Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 13

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/xyua2iLwFs4",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:22Z",
  "object": {
    "type": [
      "Note",
      "Article"
    ],
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/uyMvwa6zdTI",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:22Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Example 14

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/ToyLJ0OOyK8",
  "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:35Z",
  "object": {
    "type": null,
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/9GPAoNRY38A",
    "published": "2025-09-08T17:34:35Z",
    "name": "name",
    "summary": "summary",
    "content": "content",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://pyfedi.local/c/pie"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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