renamed to basic_ap.py and added more documentation

basic_ap.py

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+# This is a simple python flask implementation of 'How To Implement A Basic ActivityPub Server'
+# https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/
+# © 2018 homebrewserver.club contributors
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import flask, os
+from flask import request
+from flask import Response
+
+#Config
+DOMAIN = 'https://my-example.com'
+USERNAME = 'alice'
+
+def public_key():
+	"""
+	Use commandline openssl to generate a public and private key
+	"""
+	if not os.path.exists('public.pem'):
+		os.system('openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048')
+		os.system('openssl rsa -in private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out public.pem')
+	else:
+		public_key = open('public.pem').read() 
+		public_key = public_key.replace('\n','\\n') #public key shouldn't contain verbatim linebreaks in json
+		return public_key
+
+public_key() #generate public_key on first launch
+
+#Flask
+app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/')
+def index():
+	return 'It works! Now try to look for a user@my-example.com via the mastodon interface'
+
+@app.route('/.well-known/webfinger')
+def finger():
+	"""
+	Respond to webfinger queries (GET /.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:alice@my-example.com) with a json object pointing to the actor
+	see templates/webfinger.json
+
+	"""
+	if request.args.get('resource'):
+		query = request.args.get('resource')
+
+		actor = query.split(':')[1].split('@')[0] # from 'acct:alice@my-example.com' to 'alice'
+
+		json = flask.render_template('webfinger.json', query=query, actor=actor, domain=DOMAIN) # render our ActivityPub answer
+
+		return Response(response=json, status=200,  mimetype="application/json") # return that answer as a json object
+		
+@app.route('/users/<actor>')
+def profile(actor):
+	"""
+	Return an Actor object 
+	see templates/actor.json
+	"""
+	json = flask.render_template('actor.json', preferred_username=USERNAME, actor=actor, domain=DOMAIN, public_key=public_key()) # render our ActivityPub answer
+	return Response(response=json, status=200,  mimetype="application/json") # return that answer as a json object
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	app.debug =True
+	app.run()
+

start.py

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-import flask, os
-from flask import request
-from flask import Response
-
-
-# 51.15.76.123 - - [13/Nov/2018:21:06:48 +0100] "GET /.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:r@roelof.info HTTP/1.1" 404 4021 "-" "http.rb/3.3.0 (Mastodon/2.6.1; +https://post.lurk.org/)"
-# 51.15.76.123 - - [13/Nov/2018:21:06:48 +0100] "GET /.well-known/host-meta HTTP/1.1" 404 4021 "-" "http.rb/3.3.0 (Mastodon/2.6.1; +https://post.lurk.org/)
-
-#https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/
-
-#https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/how-to-make-friends-and-verify-requests/
-
-
-#Config
-DOMAIN = 'https://poep.club'
-USERNAME = 'The Username'
-
-def public_key():
-	if not os.path.exists('public.pem'):
-		os.system('openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048')
-		os.system('openssl rsa -in private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out public.pem')
-	else:
-		public_key = open('public.pem').read() 
-		public_key = public_key.replace('\n','\\n') #public key shouldn't contain verbatim linebreaks 
-		return public_key
-
-public_key() #generate public_key on first launch
-
-#Flask
-app = flask.Flask(__name__)
-
-@app.route('/')
-def index():
-	return 'test'
-
-@app.route('/.well-known/webfinger')
-def finger():
-	"""
-	Respond to webfinger queries with a json object pointing at the actor
-	"""
-	if request.args.get('resource'):
-		query = request.args.get('resource')
-
-		actor = query.split(':')[1].split('@')[0] # from 'acct:alice@my-example.com' to 'alice'
-
-		#"subject": "acct:alice@my-example.com",
-
-		json = flask.render_template('webfinger.json', query=query, actor=actor, domain=DOMAIN) # render our ActivityPub answer
-
-		return Response(response=json, status=200,  mimetype="application/json") # return that as a json object
-		
-@app.route('/users/<actor>')
-def profile(actor):
-	json = flask.render_template('actor.json', username=USERNAME, actor=actor, domain=DOMAIN, public_key=public_key()) # render our ActivityPub answer
-	return Response(response=json, status=200,  mimetype="application/json") # return that as a json object
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-	app.debug =True
-	app.run()
-