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Bridgy Fed developer documentation
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Bridgy Fed connects different decentralized social network protocols. It
currently supports the
`fediverse <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse>`__ (eg
`Mastodon <https://joinmastodon.org>`__) via
`ActivityPub <https://activitypub.rocks/>`__, and the
`IndieWeb <https://indieweb.org/>`__ via
`webmentions <https://webmention.net/>`__ and
`microformats2 <https://microformats.org/wiki/microformats2>`__.
`Bluesky/AT
Protocol <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/381>`__ and
`Nostr <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/446>`__ are planned
for 2024. Bridgy Fed translates profiles, likes, reposts, mentions,
follows, and more from any supported network to any other. `See the user
docs <https://fed.brid.gy/docs>`__ and `developer
docs <https://bridgy-fed.readthedocs.io/>`__ for more details.
https://fed.brid.gy/
License: This project is placed in the public domain. You may also use
it under the `CC0
License <https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>`__.
Development
-----------
Development reference docs are at
`bridgy-fed.readthedocs.io <https://bridgy-fed.readthedocs.io/>`__. Pull
requests are welcome! Feel free to `ping me in
#indieweb-dev <https://indieweb.org/discuss>`__ with any questions.
First, fork and clone this repo. Then, install the `Google Cloud
SDK <https://cloud.google.com/sdk/>`__ and run
``gcloud components install cloud-firestore-emulator`` to install the
`Firestore
emulator <https://cloud.google.com/firestore/docs/emulator>`__. Once you
have them, set up your environment by running these commands in the repo
root directory:
.. code:: sh
gcloud config set project bridgy-federated
python3 -m venv local
source local/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
Now, run the tests to check that everything is set up ok:
.. code:: shell
gcloud emulators firestore start --host-port=:8089 --database-mode=datastore-mode < /dev/null >& /dev/null &
python3 -m unittest discover
Finally, run this in the repo root directory to start the web app
locally:
.. code:: shell
GAE_ENV=localdev FLASK_ENV=development flask run -p 8080
If you send a pull request, please include (or update) a test for the
new functionality!
If you hit an error during setup, check out the `oauth-dropins
Troubleshooting/FAQ
section <https://github.com/snarfed/oauth-dropins#troubleshootingfaq>`__.
You may need to change `granary <https://github.com/snarfed/granary>`__,
`oauth-dropins <https://github.com/snarfed/oauth-dropins>`__,
`mf2util <https://github.com/kylewm/mf2util>`__, or other dependencies
as well as as Bridgy Fed. To do that, clone their repo locally, then
install them in “source” mode with e.g.:
.. code:: sh
pip uninstall -y granary
pip install -e <path to granary>
To deploy to the production instance on App Engine - if @snarfed has
added you as an owner - run:
.. code:: sh
gcloud -q beta app deploy --no-cache --project bridgy-federated *.yaml
How to add a new protocol
-------------------------
1. Determine `how youll map the new protocol to other existing Bridgy
Fed protocols <https://fed.brid.gy/docs#translate>`__, specifically
identity, protocol inference, events, and operations. `Add those to
the existing tables in the
docs <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/main/templates/docs.html>`__
in a PR. This is an important step before you start writing code.
2. Implement the id and handle conversions in
`ids.py <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/main/ids.py>`__.
3. If the new protocol uses a new data format - which is likely - add
that format to `granary <https://github.com/snarfed/granary>`__ in a
new file with functions that convert to/from `ActivityStreams
1 <https://activitystrea.ms/specs/json/1.0/>`__ and tests. See
`nostr.py <https://github.com/snarfed/granary/blob/main/granary/nostr.py>`__
and
`test_nostr.py <https://github.com/snarfed/granary/blob/main/granary/tests/test_nostr.py>`__
for examples.
4. Implement the protocol in a new ``.py`` file as a subclass of both
`Protocol <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/main/protocol.py>`__
and
`User <https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/main/models.py>`__.
Implement the ``send``, ``fetch``, ``serve``, and ``target_for``
methods from ``Protocol`` and ``handle`` and ``web_url`` from
``User`` .
5. TODO: add a new usage section to the docs for the new protocol.
6. TODO: does the new protocol need any new UI or signup functionality?
Unusual, but not impossible. Add that if necessary.
7. Protocol logos may be emoji or image files. If this one is a file,
add it ``static/``. Then add the emoji or file ``<img>`` tag in the
``Protocol`` subclasss ``LOGO_HTML`` constant.
Stats
-----
I occasionally generate stats and graphs of usage and growth via
BigQuery, `like I do with
Bridgy <https://bridgy.readthedocs.io/#stats>`__. Heres how.
1. `Export the full datastore to Google Cloud
Storage. <https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/export-import-entities>`__
Include all entities except ``MagicKey``. Check to see if any new
kinds have been added since the last time this command was run.
::
gcloud datastore export --async gs://bridgy-federated.appspot.com/stats/ --kinds Follower,Object
Note that ``--kinds`` is required. `From the export
docs <https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/export-import-entities#limitations>`__:
> *Data exported without specifying an entity filter cannot be loaded
into BigQuery.*
2. Wait for it to be done with
``gcloud datastore operations list | grep done``.
3. `Import it into
BigQuery <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-datastore#loading_cloud_datastore_export_service_data>`__:
::
for kind in Follower Object; do
bq load --replace --nosync --source_format=DATASTORE_BACKUP datastore.$kind gs://bridgy-federated.appspot.com/stats/all_namespaces/kind_$kind/all_namespaces_kind_$kind.export_metadata
done
4. Check the jobs with ``bq ls -j``, then wait for them with
``bq wait``.
5. `Run the full stats BigQuery
query. <https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?sq=664405099227:58879d2908824a21b737eee98fff2de8>`__
Download the results as CSV.
6. `Open the stats
spreadsheet. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OtOZ2Rb4EqAGEp9rHziWkyJD4BaRFb_971KjOqMKePA/edit>`__
Import the CSV, replacing the *data* sheet.
7. Check out the graphs! Save full size images with OS or browser
screenshots, thumbnails with the *Download Chart* button.