WIP: Add Webmentions support

blacklight commented

2026-01-15 00:19:32 +01:00

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Expose Webmentions callback
Store Webmentions
Send Webmentions
- Scan for file modifications
- Parse URLs in posts and scan for Webmention hooks
- Add Webmention dispatcher thread
Fetch title and icon from source page if not provided
Render Webmentions as comments
Support multiple content formats
Add HTML->Markdown parser if needed
Add Microformats2 parser if needed
Manage updates
Manage deletions
Approvals
Email notifications
Throttling

Closes: #2

- [x] Expose Webmentions callback - [x] Store Webmentions - [ ] Send Webmentions - [ ] Scan for file modifications - [ ] Parse URLs in posts and scan for Webmention hooks - [ ] Add Webmention dispatcher thread - [ ] Fetch title and icon from source page if not provided - [ ] Render Webmentions as comments - [ ] Support multiple content formats - [ ] Add HTML->Markdown parser if needed - [ ] Add Microformats2 parser if needed - [ ] Manage updates - [ ] Manage deletions - [ ] Approvals - [ ] Email notifications - [ ] Throttling Closes: #2

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2026-01-15 00:19:32 +01:00

blacklight added 1 commit

2026-01-15 00:19:32 +01:00

feat(webmentions): Added support for receiving and storing Webmentions ebd5222289

blacklight added this to the Federation project

2026-01-15 00:20:57 +01:00

blacklight changed title from ~~WIP: feat(webmentions): Added support for receiving and storing Webmentions~~ to WIP: Add Webmentions support

2026-01-15 01:20:11 +01:00

blacklight added 16 commits

2026-01-25 11:38:56 +01:00

chore(webmentions): s/process_webmention/process_webmention_request/g 792c8c9808

chore(webmentions): s/reactions/mentions/g 2c0ea17d15

Default approval status to "approved" for Webmentions fcaa96c7e4

Will implement a more granular moderation system later.

Pass Webmentions to article rendering 508d52ec43

Added retrieve_webmentions to article rendering e6d1cf26fc

feat(webmentions): Add WebmentionDirection b91fc8f7fa

Webmentions should distinguish between incoming and outgoing mentions.

This commit introduces the WebmentionDirection enum to represent the
direction of a Webmention, allowing for clearer handling of inbound and
outbound mentions within the system.

Pass format_date and format_datetime to the article template context 37491cc80c

gitignore 12cbcaa332

feat(webmentions): Add Webmention display to articles 65f90b18aa

refactor(webmentions): Simplify verify_webmention method 906b1fb998

- Removed unnecessary parse_metadata method.
- Adjusted verify_webmention to return the response text directly.

refactor(jinja): Pass utility functions to templates dea8998edd

Extended Webmention model 8790692217

Parse and store extended Webmentions metadata ba356e2be6

Added bs4 and mf2py dependencies to parse Webmention metadata a481aad548

Handle extended Webmentions parsing logic 39083773e9

- Moved webmention verification and parsing code from
  `WebmentionsHandler` to `WebmentionsParser`
- Updated `process_webmention_request` to utilize the new parser for
  extracting mention data
- Simplified data handling for webmentions by consolidating data
  extraction in the new parser class
- Ensured rigorous error handling for source and target URLs within the
  parser

Better template for Webmentions with extended metadata e5d5fd946b

blacklight added 1 commit

2026-01-26 03:36:04 +01:00

Implement webmention support with configuration options, storage, and handling exceptions 476b71fd9d

- Updated README.md to include webmentions configuration and usage
  instructions.
- Modified config.example.yaml to include options for enabling
  webmentions and hard deletes.
- Enhanced app.py to handle datetime formatting.
- Updated config.py to include webmention configuration fields.
- Introduced WebmentionGone exception for non-existent webmentions.
- Developed storage functionalities in _storage.py to handle incoming
  webmentions with soft and hard deletes.
- Updated _model.py to introduce webmention status and improved data
  handling in webmention parsing.
- Adjusted _parser.py to correctly handle webmention validation and
  status updates.

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