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# Federation
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BookWyrm uses the [ActivityPub](http://activitypub.rocks/) protocol to send and receive user activity between other BookWyrm instances and other services that implement ActivityPub. To handle book data, BookWyrm has a handful of extended Activity types which are not part of the standard, but are legible to other BookWyrm instances.
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## Activities and Objects
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### Users and relationships
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User relationship interactions follow the standard ActivityPub spec.
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- `Follow`: request to receive statuses from a user, and view their statuses that have followers-only privacy
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- `Accept`: approves a `Follow` and finalizes the relationship
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- `Reject`: denies a `Follow`
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- `Block`: prevent users from seeing one another's statuses, and prevents the blocked user from viewing the actor's profile
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- `Update`: updates a user's profile and settings
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- `Delete`: deactivates a user
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- `Undo`: reverses a `Block` or `Follow`
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### Activities
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- `Create/Status`: saves a new status in the database.
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- `Delete/Status`: Removes a status
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- `Like/Status`: Creates a favorite on the status
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- `Announce/Status`: Boosts the status into the actor's timeline
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- `Undo/*`,: Reverses an `Announce`, `Like`, or `Move`
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- `Move/User`: Moves a user from one ActivityPub id to another.
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### Collections
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User's books and lists are represented by [`OrderedCollection`](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-orderedcollection)
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### Statuses
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BookWyrm is focused on book reading activities - it is not a general-purpose messaging application. For this reason, BookWyrm only accepts status `Create` activities if they are:
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- Direct messages (i.e., `Note`s with the privacy level `direct`, which mention a local user),
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- Related to a book (of a custom status type that includes the field `inReplyToBook`),
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- Replies to existing statuses saved in the database
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All other statuses will be received by the instance inbox, but by design **will not be delivered to user inboxes or displayed to users**.
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### Custom Object types
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With the exception of `Note`, the following object types are used in Bookwyrm but are not currently provided with a custom JSON-LD `@context` extension IRI. This is likely to change in future to make them true deserialisable JSON-LD objects.
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##### Note
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Within BookWyrm a `Note` is constructed according to [the ActivityStreams vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-note), however `Note`s can only be created as direct messages or as replies to other statuses. As mentioned above, this also applies to incoming `Note`s.
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##### Review
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A `Review` is a status in response to a book (indicated by the `inReplyToBook` field), which has a title, body, and numerical rating between 0 (not rated) and 5.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/review/2",
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"type": "Review",
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"published": "2023-06-30T21:43:46.013132+00:00",
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"attributedTo": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker",
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"content": "<p>This is an enjoyable book with great characters.</p>",
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"to": ["https://example.net/user/library_lurker/followers"],
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"cc": [],
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"replies": {
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"id": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/review/2/replies",
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"type": "OrderedCollection",
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"totalItems": 0,
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"first": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/review/2/replies?page=1",
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"last": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/review/2/replies?page=1",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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},
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"summary": "Spoilers ahead!",
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"tag": [],
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"attachment": [],
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"sensitive": true,
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"inReplyToBook": "https://example.net/book/1",
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"name": "What a cracking read",
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"rating": 4.5,
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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##### Comment
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A `Comment` on a book mentions a book and has a message body, reading status, and progress indicator.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/comment/9",
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"type": "Comment",
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"published": "2023-06-30T21:43:46.013132+00:00",
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"attributedTo": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker",
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"content": "<p>This is a very enjoyable book so far.</p>",
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"to": ["https://example.net/user/library_lurker/followers"],
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"cc": [],
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"replies": {
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"id": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/comment/9/replies",
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"type": "OrderedCollection",
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"totalItems": 0,
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"first": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/comment/9/replies?page=1",
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"last": "https://example.net/user/library_lurker/comment/9/replies?page=1",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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},
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"summary": "Spoilers ahead!",
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"tag": [],
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"attachment": [],
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"sensitive": true,
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"inReplyToBook": "https://example.net/book/1",
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"readingStatus": "reading",
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"progress": 25,
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"progressMode": "PG",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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##### Quotation
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A quotation (aka "quote") has a message body, an excerpt from a book including position as a page number or percentage indicator, and mentions a book.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://example.net/user/mouse/quotation/13",
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"url": "https://example.net/user/mouse/quotation/13",
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"inReplyTo": null,
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"published": "2020-05-10T02:38:31.150343+00:00",
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"attributedTo": "https://example.net/user/mouse",
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"to": [
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"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
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],
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"cc": [
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"https://example.net/user/mouse/followers"
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],
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"sensitive": false,
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"content": "I really like this quote",
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"type": "Quotation",
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"replies": {
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"id": "https://example.net/user/mouse/quotation/13/replies",
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"type": "Collection",
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"first": {
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"type": "CollectionPage",
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"next": "https://example.net/user/mouse/quotation/13/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
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"partOf": "https://example.net/user/mouse/quotation/13/replies",
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"items": []
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}
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},
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"inReplyToBook": "https://example.net/book/1",
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"quote": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
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"position": 50,
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"positionMode": "PCT",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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### Custom Objects
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##### Work
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A particular book, a "work" in the [FRBR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records) sense.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://bookwyrm.social/book/5988",
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"type": "Work",
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"authors": [
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"https://bookwyrm.social/author/417"
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],
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"first_published_date": null,
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"published_date": null,
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"title": "Piranesi",
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"sort_title": null,
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"subtitle": null,
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"description": "**From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell*, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.",
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"languages": [],
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"series": null,
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"series_number": null,
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"subjects": [
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"English literature"
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],
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"subject_places": [],
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"openlibrary_key": "OL20893680W",
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"librarything_key": null,
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"goodreads_key": null,
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"attachment": [
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{
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"url": "https://bookwyrm.social/images/covers/10226290-M.jpg",
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"type": "Image"
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}
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],
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"lccn": null,
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"editions": [
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"https://bookwyrm.social/book/5989"
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],
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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##### Edition
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A particular _manifestation_ of a Work, in the [FRBR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_Requirements_for_Bibliographic_Records) sense.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://bookwyrm.social/book/5989",
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"lastEditedBy": "https://example.net/users/rat",
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"type": "Edition",
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"authors": [
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"https://bookwyrm.social/author/417"
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],
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"first_published_date": null,
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"published_date": "2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00",
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"title": "Piranesi",
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"sort_title": null,
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"subtitle": null,
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"description": "Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others.",
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"languages": [
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"English"
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],
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"series": null,
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"series_number": null,
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"subjects": [],
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"subject_places": [],
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"openlibrary_key": "OL29486417M",
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"librarything_key": null,
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"goodreads_key": null,
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"isfdb": null,
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"attachment": [
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{
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"url": "https://bookwyrm.social/images/covers/50202953._SX318_.jpg",
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"type": "Image"
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}
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],
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"isbn_10": "1526622424",
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"isbn_13": "9781526622426",
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"oclc_number": null,
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"asin": null,
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"pages": 272,
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"physical_format": null,
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"publishers": [
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"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc"
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],
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"work": "https://bookwyrm.social/book/5988",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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#### Shelf
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A user's book collection. By default, every user has a `to-read`, `reading`, `read`, and `stopped-reading` shelf which are used to track reading progress. Users may create an unlimited number of additional shelves with their own ids.
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Example
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://example.net/user/avid_reader/books/extraspecialbooks-5",
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"type": "Shelf",
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"totalItems": 0,
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"first": "https://example.net/user/avid_reader/books/extraspecialbooks-5?page=1",
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"last": "https://example.net/user/avid_reader/books/extraspecialbooks-5?page=1",
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"name": "Extra special books",
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"owner": "https://example.net/user/avid_reader",
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"to": [
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"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
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],
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"cc": [
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"https://example.net/user/avid_reader/followers"
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],
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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#### List
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A collection of books that may have items contributed by users other than the one who created the list.
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Example:
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```json
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{
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"id": "https://example.net/list/1",
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"type": "BookList",
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"totalItems": 0,
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"first": "https://example.net/list/1?page=1",
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"last": "https://example.net/list/1?page=1",
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"name": "My cool list",
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"owner": "https://example.net/user/avid_reader",
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"to": [
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"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
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],
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"cc": [
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"https://example.net/user/avid_reader/followers"
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],
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"summary": "A list of books I like.",
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"curation": "curated",
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"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
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}
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```
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#### Activities
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- `Create`: Adds a shelf or list to the database.
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- `Delete`: Removes a shelf or list.
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- `Add`: Adds a book to a shelf or list.
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- `Remove`: Removes a book from a shelf or list.
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## Alternative Serialization
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Because BookWyrm uses custom object types that aren't listed in [the standard ActivityStreams Vocabulary](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary), some statuses are transformed into standard types when sent to or viewed by non-BookWyrm services. `Review`s are converted into `Article`s, and `Comment`s and `Quotation`s are converted into `Note`s, with a link to the book and the cover image attached.
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In future this may be done with [JSON-LD type arrays](https://www.w3.org/TR/json-ld/#specifying-the-type) instead.
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## Other extensions
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### Webfinger
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Bookwyrm uses the [Webfinger](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7033) standard to identify and disambiguate fediverse actors. The [Webfinger documentation on the Mastodon project](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/webfinger/) provides a good overview of how Webfinger is used.
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### HTTP Signatures
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Bookwyrm uses and requires HTTP signatures for all `POST` requests. `GET` requests are not signed by default, but if Bookwyrm receives a `403` response to a `GET` it will re-send the request, signed by the default server user. This usually will have a user id of `https://example.net/user/bookwyrm.instance.actor`
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#### publicKey id
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In older versions of Bookwyrm the `publicKey.id` was incorrectly listed in request headers as `https://example.net/user/username#main-key`. As of v0.6.3 the id is now listed correctly, as `https://example.net/user/username/#main-key`. In most ActivityPub implementations this will make no difference as the URL will usually resolve to the same place.
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### NodeInfo
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Bookwyrm uses the [NodeInfo](http://nodeinfo.diaspora.software/) standard to provide statistics and version information for each instance.
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## Further Documentation
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See [docs.joinbookwyrm.com/](https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/) for more documentation. |