Attribution Format¶
attributedTo is defined here in the ActivityStreams Vocabulary. It allows us to tell, who authored / owns the object.
This test explores what is allowed in the field.
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://mitra/users/admin",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/bxGO1GwgsLk",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:32Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://mitra/users/admin"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/qbVab887xeA",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:32Z",
"content": "single element"
}
}
mitra
{
"id": "019aa6c7-0b3d-ed61-f7fa-a6ec9ec6783b",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/qbVab887xeA",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/qbVab887xeA",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:17:32.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"account": {
"id": "019aa6c2-1ffd-aa0d-ee0c-cce05fc8f170",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
"actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:11.389Z",
"note": "",
"avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
"locked": false,
"mention_policy": "none",
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"identity_proofs": [],
"payment_options": [],
"fields": [],
"emojis": [],
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"subscribers_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 158,
"source": null,
"role": null,
"authentication_methods": null,
"client_config": null
},
"content": "single element",
"language": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"reblog": null,
"visibility": "public",
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"pinned": false,
"replies_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"poll": null,
"media_attachments": [],
"quote": null,
"mentions": [
{
"id": "019aa6c0-e4be-204c-88e2-876d15258046",
"username": "admin",
"acct": "admin",
"url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
}
],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"pleroma": {
"emoji_reactions": [],
"in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
"parent_visible": true,
"quote": null,
"quote_visible": true
},
"hidden": false,
"ipfs_cid": null,
"links": []
}
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://mitra/users/admin",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/KncIkGJGTSY",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:34Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": [
"http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
],
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://mitra/users/admin"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/ITBi93o8fG0",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:34Z",
"content": "single element as list"
}
}
mitra
{
"id": "019aa6c7-1118-b513-c4b6-241470c4ac00",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/ITBi93o8fG0",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/ITBi93o8fG0",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:17:34.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"account": {
"id": "019aa6c2-1ffd-aa0d-ee0c-cce05fc8f170",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
"actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:11.389Z",
"note": "",
"avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
"locked": false,
"mention_policy": "none",
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"identity_proofs": [],
"payment_options": [],
"fields": [],
"emojis": [],
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"subscribers_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 159,
"source": null,
"role": null,
"authentication_methods": null,
"client_config": null
},
"content": "single element as list",
"language": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"reblog": null,
"visibility": "public",
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"pinned": false,
"replies_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"poll": null,
"media_attachments": [],
"quote": null,
"mentions": [
{
"id": "019aa6c0-e4be-204c-88e2-876d15258046",
"username": "admin",
"acct": "admin",
"url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
}
],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"pleroma": {
"emoji_reactions": [],
"in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
"parent_visible": true,
"quote": null,
"quote_visible": true
},
"hidden": false,
"ipfs_cid": null,
"links": []
}
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://mitra/users/admin",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/SLMqJ8U3kD8",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:35Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": [
"http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"http://pasture-one-actor/second"
],
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://mitra/users/admin"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/JQ4OsvDzR7Q",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:35Z",
"content": "two elements as list"
}
}
mitra
{
"id": "019aa6c7-1702-7d16-f1b7-9e4a962c9152",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/JQ4OsvDzR7Q",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/JQ4OsvDzR7Q",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:17:35.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"account": {
"id": "019aa6c2-1ffd-aa0d-ee0c-cce05fc8f170",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
"actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:11.389Z",
"note": "",
"avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
"locked": false,
"mention_policy": "none",
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"identity_proofs": [],
"payment_options": [],
"fields": [],
"emojis": [],
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"subscribers_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 160,
"source": null,
"role": null,
"authentication_methods": null,
"client_config": null
},
"content": "two elements as list",
"language": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"reblog": null,
"visibility": "public",
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"pinned": false,
"replies_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"poll": null,
"media_attachments": [],
"quote": null,
"mentions": [
{
"id": "019aa6c0-e4be-204c-88e2-876d15258046",
"username": "admin",
"acct": "admin",
"url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
}
],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"pleroma": {
"emoji_reactions": [],
"in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
"parent_visible": true,
"quote": null,
"quote_visible": true
},
"hidden": false,
"ipfs_cid": null,
"links": []
}
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://mitra/users/admin",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/RE1nwzoDiuc",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:36Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": {
"type": "Person",
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
},
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://mitra/users/admin"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/Fv-G6fhQTqs",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:36Z",
"content": "a dictionary"
}
}
mitra
{
"id": "019aa6c7-1cda-567e-e8ae-64a5c98c2005",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/Fv-G6fhQTqs",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/Fv-G6fhQTqs",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:17:36.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"account": {
"id": "019aa6c2-1ffd-aa0d-ee0c-cce05fc8f170",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
"actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:11.389Z",
"note": "",
"avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
"locked": false,
"mention_policy": "none",
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"identity_proofs": [],
"payment_options": [],
"fields": [],
"emojis": [],
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"subscribers_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 161,
"source": null,
"role": null,
"authentication_methods": null,
"client_config": null
},
"content": "a dictionary",
"language": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"reblog": null,
"visibility": "public",
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"pinned": false,
"replies_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"poll": null,
"media_attachments": [],
"quote": null,
"mentions": [
{
"id": "019aa6c0-e4be-204c-88e2-876d15258046",
"username": "admin",
"acct": "admin",
"url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
}
],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"pleroma": {
"emoji_reactions": [],
"in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
"parent_visible": true,
"quote": null,
"quote_visible": true
},
"hidden": false,
"ipfs_cid": null,
"links": []
}
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://mitra/users/admin",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/activity/gGkqPCgBVMk",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:38Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": [
{
"type": "Person",
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
}
],
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://mitra/users/admin"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/jU7-2kS3iUM",
"published": "2025-11-21T14:17:38Z",
"content": "a dictionary"
}
}
mitra
{
"id": "019aa6c7-22ad-b956-f28f-c149f0399ed5",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/jU7-2kS3iUM",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/object/jU7-2kS3iUM",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:17:38.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"account": {
"id": "019aa6c2-1ffd-aa0d-ee0c-cce05fc8f170",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
"actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"created_at": "2025-11-21T14:12:11.389Z",
"note": "",
"avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
"locked": false,
"mention_policy": "none",
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"identity_proofs": [],
"payment_options": [],
"fields": [],
"emojis": [],
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"subscribers_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 162,
"source": null,
"role": null,
"authentication_methods": null,
"client_config": null
},
"content": "a dictionary",
"language": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"reblog": null,
"visibility": "public",
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"pinned": false,
"replies_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"poll": null,
"media_attachments": [],
"quote": null,
"mentions": [
{
"id": "019aa6c0-e4be-204c-88e2-876d15258046",
"username": "admin",
"acct": "admin",
"url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
}
],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"pleroma": {
"emoji_reactions": [],
"in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
"parent_visible": true,
"quote": null,
"quote_visible": true
},
"hidden": false,
"ipfs_cid": null,
"links": []
}