longhorn

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longhorn is meant for hosting a single blog associated with a specific ActivityPub actor. Example:

• My blog is available at https://blog.mymath.rocks/
• If you follow me, i.e. @helge@mymath.rocks. My blog posts will be delivered to your ActivityPub Inbox as a create article.
• Public replies to that Article are displayed on the blog.

This is realized by longhorn being a bovine based ActivityPub Client.

Installation

longhorn can be installed by running

pip install longhorn
python -mlonghorn.setup

There you will be prompted for

• The host your blog will run on, e.g. blog.mymath.rocks
• The title of your blog, e.g. Helge's blog
• The host of your ActivityPub server, e.g. mymath.rocks
• And be provided a did-key to add to your ActivityPub Actor following the BIN-2.

The blog can then be run, by running

hypercorn longhorn:app

Usage

Posts are written as markdown then uploaded using

python -mlonghorn.post filename.md

Todos

• Stopping the server is awkward due to the Event Source loop not stopping properly. Investigate how to fix this.
• Alternative to last todo: Separate Event Source into own process.
• Alternative: Use webhooks
• Solution: Move to mechanical bull
• Provide an RSS feed
• Enable a publish / preview endpoint
• Explain how to customize templating without hacking the package
• Support tags and other metadata