Re: activitypub-testing: a test runner for ActivityPub Actors

Hi bengo,

thanks for putting effort into testability. IMO that's crucial for ActivityPub being useful.

On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:17:51 -0800
Benjamin Goering <ben@bengo.co> wrote:

> https://socialweb.coop/activitypub-testing/announcement/

I can't figure how to use this - npx is unknown to my development machine as well as to the package manager. Even after installing nodejs as mentioned: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#freebsd

How are the tests supposed to be bootstrapped? Where should the test program itself come from? https://socialweb.coop/activitypub-testing/#getting-started doesn't tell about a download.

How will a commandline tool test the callback-heavy protocol AP beyond basic things like structural message compliance (once upon a time defined by schemas and tested by off-the-shelf tooling)?

Will there be a web-endpoint (operated by you?) to test against and refer to?

Marcus

Received on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 09:08:11 UTC