Vue Component Library for ActivityPub Timelines

Integrate your Fediverse timeline into your Vue 3 with Bootstrap 5 application. Currently, tested with Mastodon and Akkoma via Mastodon compatible API calls.

Integrate a dark or light themed timeline into your own website.

Getting Started

Add the Vue ActivityPub Timeline to your Vue 3 project.

$ yarn add @networld-to/vue-ap-timeline

# Add the following dependencies
$ yarn add bootstrap@5.3.8 @popperjs/core

$ yarn install
$ yarn run dev

Add the following to your main.ts file.

import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css";
import "bootstrap";
import VueApTimeline from "@networld-to/vue-ap-timeline";
import "@networld-to/vue-ap-timeline/dist/style.css";

var app = createApp(App);
app.use(VueApTimeline);
app.mount("#app");

Example how to include a dark and light themed timeline side by side, with optional the number of posts specified, to show the latest 10 posts.

<template>
  <main>
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-6">
          <VueApTimeline
            fediverseHandle="username@instance.tld"
            fediversePlatform="mastodon"
            numberOfPosts="10"
            theme="dark"
          ></VueApTimeline>
        </div>
        <div class="col-6">
          <VueApTimeline
            fediverseHandle="username@instance.tld"
            fediversePlatform="mastodon"
            numberOfPosts="10"
            theme="light"
          ></VueApTimeline>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </main>
</template>

Currently only compatible with Mastodon through CORS issue of ActivityPub endpoints with all the tested Fediverse platforms.

fediverseHandle and fediversePlatform (with value mastodon or akkoma) are required.

The fediverseHandle can be also an alias, as long as the webfinger call returns the actually fediverse handle pointint to a real instance.

Supported ActivityPub Platforms

Through CORS issues making most, if not all, of the ActivityPub native endpoints inaccessible from the browser a fallback to the native platform API is required. The following list shows

Platforms	fediversePlatform value	Supported Via	Tested
Mastodon	mastodon	Mastodon API	Fully
Akkoma	akkoma	Mastodon Compatible API	Partially
Lemmy	N/A	Not supported, initial webfinger call fails	First fediverse-helper library call fails
Friendica	friendica	Not supported	Fetching statuses fails

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Developers

Getting Started

$ yarn build
$ tree dist
dist
├── index.d.ts
├── src
│   ├── components
│   │   ├── PostEntry.vue.d.ts
│   │   ├── PostThread.vue.d.ts
│   │   ├── Profile.vue.d.ts
│   │   └── VueApTimeline.vue.d.ts
│   ├── index.d.ts
│   └── services
│       ├── Mastodon.d.ts
│       └── Utility.d.ts
├── vue-ap-timeline.css
├── vue-ap-timeline.es.js
└── vue-ap-timeline.umd.js

4 directories, 11 files

Testing Locally

An example project is included in the example/ directory. It links directly to the parent library so changes are reflected immediately.

# 1. Build the library
$ yarn build

# 2. Install example dependencies and start the dev server
$ cd example
$ yarn install
$ yarn dev

The example app shows dark and light themed timelines side by side. Edit example/src/App.vue to test different configurations.