diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b493b5f..9d57229 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 * Added network utility `network.fetch_host_ip` to fetch IP by hostname.
 
+* Inbound helper utility `handle_receive` now also supports ActivityPub payloads. Protocol will be identified by looking at the payload contents.
+
+* Fetcher helper utility `retrieve_remote_profile` now also supports fetching ActivityPub profiles. Response will be a serialized protocol specific profile entity.
+
 ### Changed
 
 * **Backwards incompatible.** Lowest compatible Python version is now 3.6.
@@ -35,6 +39,10 @@
   
 * **Backwards incompatible.** Generator `RFC3033Webfinger` and the related `rfc3033_webfinger_view` have been renamed to `RFC7033Webfinger` and `rfc7033_webfinger_view` to reflect the right RFC number.
 
+* Network helper utility `fetch_document` can now also take a dictionary of `headers`. They will be passed to the underlying `requests` method call as is.
+
+* **Backwards incompatible.** * Fetcher helper utility `retrieve_remote_profile` parameter `handle` has been removed. Pass in the Diaspora protocol handle as the first parameter to fetch a Diaspora remote profile.
+
 ### Removed
 
 * **Backwards incompatible.** Support for Legacy Diaspora payloads have been removed to reduce the amount of code needed to maintain while refactoring for ActivityPub.
diff --git a/federation/__init__.py b/federation/__init__.py
index 6209776..9ca8bbf 100644
--- a/federation/__init__.py
+++ b/federation/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,30 @@
+import importlib
+
+from federation.exceptions import NoSuitableProtocolFoundError
+
 __version__ = "0.18.0-dev"
+
+PROTOCOLS = (
+    "activitypub",
+    "diaspora",
+)
+
+
+def identify_protocol(method: str, value: str):
+    """
+    Loop through protocols, import the protocol module and try to identify the id or payload.
+    """
+    for protocol_name in PROTOCOLS:
+        protocol = importlib.import_module(f"federation.protocols.{protocol_name}.protocol")
+        if getattr(protocol, f"identify_{method}")(value):
+            return protocol
+    else:
+        raise NoSuitableProtocolFoundError()
+
+
+def identify_protocol_by_id(id: str):
+    return identify_protocol('id', id)
+
+
+def identify_protocol_by_payload(payload: str):
+    return identify_protocol('payload', payload)
diff --git a/federation/entities/activitypub/enums.py b/federation/entities/activitypub/enums.py
index c8662a7..4790449 100644
--- a/federation/entities/activitypub/enums.py
+++ b/federation/entities/activitypub/enums.py
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 from enum import Enum
 
 
-class ActivityType(Enum):
+class EnumBase(Enum):
+    @classmethod
+    def values(cls):
+        return [value.value for value in cls.__members__.values()]
+
+
+class ActivityType(EnumBase):
     CREATE = "Create"
     DELETE = "Delete"
     FOLLOW = "Follow"
     UPDATE = "Update"
 
 
-class ActorType(Enum):
+class ActorType(EnumBase):
     PERSON = "Person"
 
 
-class ObjectType(Enum):
+class ObjectType(EnumBase):
     NOTE = "Note"
diff --git a/federation/entities/activitypub/mappers.py b/federation/entities/activitypub/mappers.py
index 8aa65ac..fc080b9 100644
--- a/federation/entities/activitypub/mappers.py
+++ b/federation/entities/activitypub/mappers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from federation.types import UserType
 
 MAPPINGS = {
     "Follow": ActivitypubFollow,
+    "Person": ActivitypubProfile,
 }
 
 
@@ -45,11 +46,27 @@ def transform_attribute(key, value, cls):
             return {"activity_id": value}
     elif key == "actor":
         return {"actor_id": value}
+    elif key == "icon":
+        # TODO maybe we should ditch these size constants and instead have a more flexible dict for images
+        # so based on protocol there would either be one url or many by size name
+        return {"image_urls": {
+            "small": value,
+            "medium": value,
+            "large": value,
+        }}
+    elif key == "name":
+        return {"name": value}
     elif key == "object":
         if isinstance(value, dict):
             return transform_attributes(value, cls)
         else:
             return {"target_id": value}
+    elif key == "preferredUsername":
+        return {"username": value}
+    elif key == "publicKey":
+        return {"public_key": value.get('publicKeyPem', '')}
+    elif key == "url":
+        return {"url": value}
     return {}
 
 
diff --git a/federation/entities/activitypub/mixins.py b/federation/entities/activitypub/mixins.py
index 34b681d..294eade 100644
--- a/federation/entities/activitypub/mixins.py
+++ b/federation/entities/activitypub/mixins.py
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+from federation.entities.activitypub.enums import ActorType
 from federation.entities.mixins import BaseEntity
 from federation.entities.utils import get_base_attributes
 
 
 class ActivitypubEntityMixin(BaseEntity):
+    _type = None
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self._required.append('activity_id')
+        if self._type not in ActorType.values():
+            self._required.append('activity_id')
 
     @classmethod
     def from_base(cls, entity):
diff --git a/federation/entities/base.py b/federation/entities/base.py
index 35a2940..7d5f53a 100644
--- a/federation/entities/base.py
+++ b/federation/entities/base.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class Profile(CreatedAtMixin, OptionalRawContentMixin, PublicMixin):
     public_key = ""
     tag_list = None
     url = ""
+    username = ""
 
     _allowed_children = (Image,)
 
diff --git a/federation/entities/mixins.py b/federation/entities/mixins.py
index 036b6b7..8bc7cf5 100644
--- a/federation/entities/mixins.py
+++ b/federation/entities/mixins.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import datetime
 import importlib
 import warnings
-from typing import Optional
 
 from federation.entities.activitypub.enums import ActivityType
 
@@ -116,14 +115,6 @@ class BaseEntity:
         """Implement in subclasses if needed."""
         pass
 
-    @property
-    def username(self) -> Optional[str]:
-        if self.handle:
-            username_part = self.handle.rsplit('@', 1)
-            if username_part:
-                # Strip any remaining '@' if this is a Mastodon style handle
-                return username_part[0].strip('@')
-
 
 class PublicMixin(BaseEntity):
     public = False
diff --git a/federation/fetchers.py b/federation/fetchers.py
index bd55ad3..f359eea 100644
--- a/federation/fetchers.py
+++ b/federation/fetchers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import importlib
 import logging
 from typing import Optional, Callable
 
+from federation import identify_protocol_by_id
 from federation.entities.base import Profile
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("federation")
@@ -28,17 +29,11 @@ def retrieve_remote_content(
     )
 
 
-def retrieve_remote_profile(id: str, handle: str=None) -> Optional[Profile]:
+def retrieve_remote_profile(id: str) -> Optional[Profile]:
     """High level retrieve profile method.
 
-    Retrieve the profile from a remote location, using either the given protocol or by checking each
-    protocol until a user can be constructed from the remote documents.
-
-    Currently, due to no other protocols supported, always use the Diaspora protocol.
+    Retrieve the profile from a remote location, using protocol based on the given ID.
     """
-    # TODO add support for AP
-    protocol_name = "diaspora"
-    if not handle:
-        handle = id
-    utils = importlib.import_module("federation.utils.%s" % protocol_name)
-    return utils.retrieve_and_parse_profile(handle.lower())
+    protocol = identify_protocol_by_id(id)
+    utils = importlib.import_module(f"federation.utils.{protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME}")
+    return utils.retrieve_and_parse_profile(id)
diff --git a/federation/inbound.py b/federation/inbound.py
index ee1c064..8ed26c1 100644
--- a/federation/inbound.py
+++ b/federation/inbound.py
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@ import importlib
 import logging
 from typing import Tuple, List, Callable
 
-from federation.exceptions import NoSuitableProtocolFoundError
+from federation import identify_protocol_by_payload
 from federation.types import UserType
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("federation")
 
-PROTOCOLS = (
-    "activitypub",
-    "diaspora",
-)
-
 
 def handle_receive(
         payload: str,
@@ -36,24 +31,15 @@ def handle_receive(
     :arg sender_key_fetcher: Function that accepts sender handle and returns public key (optional)
     :arg skip_author_verification: Don't verify sender (test purposes, false default)
     :returns: Tuple of sender id, protocol name and list of entity objects
-    :raises NoSuitableProtocolFound: When no protocol was identified to pass message to
     """
     logger.debug("handle_receive: processing payload: %s", payload)
-    found_protocol = None
-    for protocol_name in PROTOCOLS:
-        protocol = importlib.import_module("federation.protocols.%s.protocol" % protocol_name)
-        if protocol.identify_payload(payload):
-            found_protocol = protocol
-            break
+    found_protocol = identify_protocol_by_payload(payload)
 
-    if found_protocol:
-        logger.debug("handle_receive: using protocol %s", found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME)
-        protocol = found_protocol.Protocol()
-        sender, message = protocol.receive(
-            payload, user, sender_key_fetcher, skip_author_verification=skip_author_verification)
-        logger.debug("handle_receive: sender %s, message %s", sender, message)
-    else:
-        raise NoSuitableProtocolFoundError()
+    logger.debug("handle_receive: using protocol %s", found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME)
+    protocol = found_protocol.Protocol()
+    sender, message = protocol.receive(
+        payload, user, sender_key_fetcher, skip_author_verification=skip_author_verification)
+    logger.debug("handle_receive: sender %s, message %s", sender, message)
 
     mappers = importlib.import_module("federation.entities.%s.mappers" % found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME)
     entities = mappers.message_to_objects(message, sender, sender_key_fetcher, user)
diff --git a/federation/protocols/activitypub/protocol.py b/federation/protocols/activitypub/protocol.py
index d645e48..a550c24 100644
--- a/federation/protocols/activitypub/protocol.py
+++ b/federation/protocols/activitypub/protocol.py
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 import json
+import logging
+import re
 from typing import Union, Callable, Tuple
 
+from federation.entities.activitypub.enums import ActorType
 from federation.types import UserType
 from federation.utils.text import decode_if_bytes
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('federation')
+
 PROTOCOL_NAME = "activitypub"
 
 
+def identify_id(id: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Try to identify whether this is an ActivityPub ID.
+    """
+    return re.match(r'^https?://', id, flags=re.IGNORECASE) is not None
+
+
 def identify_payload(payload: Union[str, bytes]) -> bool:
     """
     Try to identify whether this is an ActivityPub payload.
@@ -21,8 +33,14 @@ def identify_payload(payload: Union[str, bytes]) -> bool:
 
 
 class Protocol:
+    def extract_actor(self):
+        if self.payload.get('type') in ActorType.values():
+            self.actor = self.payload.get('id')
+        else:
+            self.actor = self.payload.get('actor')
+
     def receive(self, payload: str, user: UserType=None, sender_key_fetcher: Callable[[str], str]=None,
-            skip_author_verification: bool=False) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+            skip_author_verification: bool=False) -> Tuple[str, dict]:
         """
         Receive a payload.
 
@@ -31,10 +49,11 @@ class Protocol:
         self.user = user
         self.get_contact_key = sender_key_fetcher
         self.payload = json.loads(decode_if_bytes(payload))
+        self.extract_actor()
         # Verify the message is from who it claims to be
         if not skip_author_verification:
             self.verify_signature()
-        return self.payload["actor"], self.payload
+        return self.actor, self.payload
 
     def verify_signature(self):
         # TODO implement
diff --git a/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py b/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
index 54179d6..7483948 100644
--- a/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
+++ b/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from federation.protocols.diaspora.encrypted import EncryptedPayload
 from federation.protocols.diaspora.magic_envelope import MagicEnvelope
 from federation.types import UserType
 from federation.utils.diaspora import fetch_public_key
-from federation.utils.text import decode_if_bytes, encode_if_text
+from federation.utils.text import decode_if_bytes, encode_if_text, validate_handle
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("federation")
 
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ PROTOCOL_NS = "https://joindiaspora.com/protocol"
 MAGIC_ENV_TAG = "{http://salmon-protocol.org/ns/magic-env}env"
 
 
+def identify_id(id: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Try to identify if this ID is a Diaspora ID.
+    """
+    return validate_handle(id)
+
+
 def identify_payload(payload):
     """Try to identify whether this is a Diaspora payload.
 
diff --git a/federation/tests/entities/diaspora/test_utils.py b/federation/tests/entities/diaspora/test_utils.py
index ef3d1ef..8840347 100644
--- a/federation/tests/entities/diaspora/test_utils.py
+++ b/federation/tests/entities/diaspora/test_utils.py
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ class TestGetBaseAttributes:
         assert set(attrs) == {
             "created_at", "name", "email", "gender", "raw_content", "location", "public",
             "nsfw", "public_key", "image_urls", "tag_list", "signature", "url", "atom_url",
-            "base_url", "id", "actor_id", "handle", "handle", "guid", "activity", "activity_id",
+            "base_url", "id", "actor_id", "handle", "handle", "guid", "activity", "activity_id", "username",
         }
 
+
 class TestGetFullXMLRepresentation:
     def test_returns_xml_document(self):
         entity = Post()
diff --git a/federation/tests/entities/test_base.py b/federation/tests/entities/test_base.py
index ff28c0c..df40652 100644
--- a/federation/tests/entities/test_base.py
+++ b/federation/tests/entities/test_base.py
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ class TestPostEntityTags:
         assert post.tags == set()
 
 
-class TestBaseEntity:
-    def test_username(self):
-        entity = Profile(handle='foobar@localhost.local')
-        assert entity.username == 'foobar'
-        entity = Profile(handle='@foobar@localhost.local')
-        assert entity.username == 'foobar'
-        entity = Profile()
-        assert entity.username is None
-
-
 class TestBaseEntityCallsValidateMethods:
     def test_entity_calls_attribute_validate_method(self):
         post = PostFactory()
diff --git a/federation/tests/protocols/activitypub/test_protocol.py b/federation/tests/protocols/activitypub/test_protocol.py
index d14f282..f7d0098 100644
--- a/federation/tests/protocols/activitypub/test_protocol.py
+++ b/federation/tests/protocols/activitypub/test_protocol.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import json
 
-from federation.protocols.activitypub.protocol import identify_payload
+from federation.protocols.activitypub.protocol import identify_payload, identify_id
+
+
+def test_identify_id():
+    assert identify_id('foobar') is False
+    assert identify_id('foobar@example.com') is False
+    assert identify_id('foobar@example.com:8000') is False
+    assert identify_id('http://foobar@example.com') is True
+    assert identify_id('https://foobar@example.com') is True
 
 
 class TestIdentifyPayload:
diff --git a/federation/tests/test_fetchers.py b/federation/tests/test_fetchers.py
index cac8d91..4984c88 100644
--- a/federation/tests/test_fetchers.py
+++ b/federation/tests/test_fetchers.py
@@ -15,16 +15,20 @@ class TestRetrieveRemoteContent:
 
 
 class TestRetrieveRemoteProfile:
-    @patch("federation.fetchers.importlib.import_module")
-    def test_calls_diaspora_retrieve_and_parse_profile(self, mock_import):
-        mock_retrieve = Mock()
-        mock_import.return_value = mock_retrieve
-        retrieve_remote_profile("user@example.com")
-        mock_retrieve.retrieve_and_parse_profile.assert_called_once_with("user@example.com")
+    @patch("federation.fetchers.importlib.import_module", autospec=True)
+    @patch("federation.fetchers.identify_protocol_by_id", autospec=True, return_value=Mock(PROTOCOL_NAME='activitypub'))
+    def test_calls_activitypub_retrieve_and_parse_profile(self, mock_identify, mock_import):
+        mock_utils = Mock()
+        mock_import.return_value = mock_utils
+        retrieve_remote_profile("https://example.com/foo")
+        mock_import.assert_called_once_with("federation.utils.activitypub")
+        mock_utils.retrieve_and_parse_profile.assert_called_once_with("https://example.com/foo")
 
-    @patch("federation.fetchers.importlib.import_module")
-    def test_calls_diaspora_retrieve_and_parse_profile__lower_cases_handle_when_needed(self, mock_import):
-        mock_retrieve = Mock()
-        mock_import.return_value = mock_retrieve
-        retrieve_remote_profile("uSer@ExamPle.com")
-        mock_retrieve.retrieve_and_parse_profile.assert_called_once_with("user@example.com")
+    @patch("federation.fetchers.importlib.import_module", autospec=True)
+    @patch("federation.fetchers.identify_protocol_by_id", autospec=True, return_value=Mock(PROTOCOL_NAME='diaspora'))
+    def test_calls_diaspora_retrieve_and_parse_profile(self, mock_identify, mock_import):
+        mock_utils = Mock()
+        mock_import.return_value = mock_utils
+        retrieve_remote_profile("user@example.com")
+        mock_import.assert_called_once_with("federation.utils.diaspora")
+        mock_utils.retrieve_and_parse_profile.assert_called_once_with("user@example.com")
diff --git a/federation/tests/test_inbound.py b/federation/tests/test_inbound.py
index 4da8f8b..47f61fa 100644
--- a/federation/tests/test_inbound.py
+++ b/federation/tests/test_inbound.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from federation.protocols.diaspora.protocol import Protocol
 from federation.tests.fixtures.payloads import DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD
 
 
-class TestHandleReceiveProtocolIdentification():
+class TestHandleReceiveProtocolIdentification:
     def test_handle_receive_routes_to_identified_protocol(self):
         payload = DIASPORA_PUBLIC_PAYLOAD
         with patch.object(
diff --git a/federation/tests/utils/test_network.py b/federation/tests/utils/test_network.py
index 95bca46..15dff55 100644
--- a/federation/tests/utils/test_network.py
+++ b/federation/tests/utils/test_network.py
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ class TestFetchCountryByIp:
 class TestFetchDocument:
     call_args = {"timeout": 10, "headers": {'user-agent': USER_AGENT}}
 
+    @patch("federation.utils.network.requests.get", autospec=True, return_value=Mock(status_code=200, text="foo"))
+    def test_extra_headers(self, mock_get):
+        fetch_document("https://example.com/foo", extra_headers={'accept': 'application/activity+json'})
+        mock_get.assert_called_once_with('https://example.com/foo', headers={
+            'user-agent': USER_AGENT, 'accept': 'application/activity+json',
+        })
+
     def test_raises_without_url_and_host(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             fetch_document()
diff --git a/federation/utils/activitypub.py b/federation/utils/activitypub.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60c825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/federation/utils/activitypub.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import logging
+from typing import Optional, Any
+
+from federation.entities.activitypub.entities import ActivitypubProfile
+from federation.entities.activitypub.mappers import message_to_objects
+from federation.utils.network import fetch_document
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('federation')
+
+
+def retrieve_and_parse_document(id: str) -> Optional[Any]:
+    """
+    Retrieve remote document by ID and return the entity.
+    """
+    document, status_code, ex = fetch_document(id, extra_headers={'accept': 'application/activity+json'})
+    if document:
+        from federation.protocols.activitypub.protocol import Protocol
+        protocol = Protocol()
+        sender, payload = protocol.receive(document)
+        entities = message_to_objects(payload, sender)
+        if entities:
+            return entities[0]
+
+
+def retrieve_and_parse_profile(id: str) -> Optional[ActivitypubProfile]:
+    """
+    Retrieve the remote id and return a Profile object.
+    """
+    profile = retrieve_and_parse_document(id)
+    if not profile:
+        return
+    try:
+        profile.validate()
+    except ValueError as ex:
+        logger.warning("retrieve_and_parse_profile - found profile %s but it didn't validate: %s",
+                       profile, ex)
+        return
+    return profile
diff --git a/federation/utils/network.py b/federation/utils/network.py
index dfe4cb2..d0d8b37 100644
--- a/federation/utils/network.py
+++ b/federation/utils/network.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def fetch_country_by_ip(ip):
     return data.get('response', {}).get('country_code', '')
 
 
-def fetch_document(url=None, host=None, path="/", timeout=10, raise_ssl_errors=True):
+def fetch_document(url=None, host=None, path="/", timeout=10, raise_ssl_errors=True, extra_headers=None):
     """Helper method to fetch remote document.
 
     Must be given either the ``url`` or ``host``.
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ def fetch_document(url=None, host=None, path="/", timeout=10, raise_ssl_errors=T
     logger.debug("fetch_document: url=%s, host=%s, path=%s, timeout=%s, raise_ssl_errors=%s",
                  url, host, path, timeout, raise_ssl_errors)
     headers = {'user-agent': USER_AGENT}
+    if extra_headers:
+        headers.update(extra_headers)
     if url:
         # Use url since it was given
         logger.debug("fetch_document: trying %s", url)