There's no maintained #ActivityPub library for #JavaScript.

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

There's no maintained #ActivityPub library for #JavaScript. I'll have to implement my own...

[julian@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org that's not true! There is Fedify! hongminhee@hollo.social

There's also the helper lib that NodeBB uses, although that's baked in core.

I'm happy to split this out into an npm module if there is interest though!

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian @hongminhee wow nice! Looks pretty complete! My web search didn't find it. Seems to work standalone?

[julian@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org yes it's an entire framework, which may or may not be what you're looking for.

If you're looking for more low level helpers for http signing and such, the NodeBB libs could be more of use.

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian I plan to do a photo app, like flickr but federated. I'm not very fond of pixelfed, which is half broken.

[julian@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org following along. Excited to see how it shapes up!

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian it will take time, as I do this part time, and there's a lot to do! having this lib will suerly help!

I made a repo here:

https://github.com/sirber/photomaton

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian mmm c'set une marque de commerce, je vais devoir trouver un autre nom!

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomaton

[hongminhee@hollo.social]

@sirber83@fosstodon.org @julian@activitypub.space Thanks! You might not have been able to find it because you were searching for “JavaScript” instead of “TypeScript.” What do you mean by “standalone” by the way? Fedify is typically used in together with with other web frameworks like Express or Next.js.

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@hongminhee @julian I got confused by Julian's mention of nodebb helper library.

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian tu penses quoi de "ShutterBox" ?

[julian@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org sounds a bit like ShutterFly, but otherwise not bad :)

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@julian oops, sorry for my French 😅

[julian@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org I'll have you know I took grade 9 French in Ontario thank you very much.

I am fully able to tell francophones that I do not speak French :ok_hand:

[thisismissem@activitypub.space]

sirber83@fosstodon.org just a tip here: don't name your project after a trademarked company name. It's a very good way to get sued into oblivion.
A possible alternative name? Photon

[sirber83@fosstodon.org]

@thisismissem how about ShutterBox? I aim the app to be for photographers

[thisismissem@activitypub.space]

Sure, that works too, Photon was just a play on the original name and the name for the particle for light, which is kinda important for photos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon