[ActivityPub] Configurable ActivityPub actor type

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Support for `X-Forwarded-For` and similar HTTP headers which used by reverse proxies to pass a real user IP address to the backend. Must not be enabled unless your instance is behind at least one reverse proxy (such as Nginx, Apache HTTPD or Varnish Cache).
 - MRF: New module which handles incoming posts based on their age. By default, all incoming posts that are older than 2 days will be unlisted and not shown to their followers.
 - User notification settings: Add `privacy_option` option.
+- User settings: Add _This account is a_ option.
 <details>
   <summary>API Changes</summary>
 
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Pleroma API: Add Emoji reactions
 - Admin API: Add `/api/pleroma/admin/instances/:instance/statuses` - lists all statuses from a given instance
 - Admin API: `PATCH /api/pleroma/users/confirm_email` to confirm email for multiple users, `PATCH /api/pleroma/users/resend_confirmation_email` to resend confirmation email for multiple users
+- ActivityPub: Configurable `type` field of the actors.
+- Mastodon API: `/api/v1/accounts/:id` has `source/pleroma/actor_type` field.
+- Mastodon API: `/api/v1/update_credentials` accepts `actor_type` field.
 </details>
 
 ### Fixed

docs/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ Has these additional fields under the `pleroma` object:
 
 - `show_role`: boolean, nullable, true when the user wants his role (e.g admin, moderator) to be shown
 - `no_rich_text` - boolean, nullable, true when html tags are stripped from all statuses requested from the API
+- `discoverable`: boolean, true when the user allows discovery of the account in search results and other services.
+- `actor_type`: string, the type of this account.
 
 ## Conversations
 
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ Additional parameters can be added to the JSON body/Form data:
 - `skip_thread_containment` - if true, skip filtering out broken threads
 - `allow_following_move` - if true, allows automatically follow moved following accounts
 - `pleroma_background_image` - sets the background image of the user.
+- `discoverable` - if true, discovery of this account in search results and other services is allowed.
+- `actor_type` - the type of this account.
 
 ### Pleroma Settings Store
 Pleroma has mechanism that allows frontends to save blobs of json for each user on the backend. This can be used to save frontend-specific settings for a user that the backend does not need to know about.

lib/pleroma/user.ex

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
     field(:invisible, :boolean, default: false)
     field(:allow_following_move, :boolean, default: true)
     field(:skip_thread_containment, :boolean, default: false)
+    field(:actor_type, :string, default: "Person")
     field(:also_known_as, {:array, :string}, default: [])
 
     embeds_one(
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ def remote_user_creation(params) do
           :following_count,
           :discoverable,
           :invisible,
+          :actor_type,
           :also_known_as
         ]
       )
@@ -396,6 +398,7 @@ def update_changeset(struct, params \\ %{}) do
         :raw_fields,
         :pleroma_settings_store,
         :discoverable,
+        :actor_type,
         :also_known_as
       ]
     )
@@ -438,6 +441,7 @@ def upgrade_changeset(struct, params \\ %{}, remote? \\ false) do
         :discoverable,
         :hide_followers_count,
         :hide_follows_count,
+        :actor_type,
         :also_known_as
       ]
     )

lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex

@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@ defp object_to_user_data(data) do
     data = Transmogrifier.maybe_fix_user_object(data)
     discoverable = data["discoverable"] || false
     invisible = data["invisible"] || false
+    actor_type = data["type"] || "Person"
 
     user_data = %{
       ap_id: data["id"],
@@ -1232,6 +1233,7 @@ defp object_to_user_data(data) do
       follower_address: data["followers"],
       following_address: data["following"],
       bio: data["summary"],
+      actor_type: actor_type,
       also_known_as: Map.get(data, "alsoKnownAs", [])
     }
 

lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view.ex

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def render("user.json", %{user: user}) do
 
     %{
       "id" => user.ap_id,
-      "type" => "Person",
+      "type" => user.actor_type,
       "following" => "#{user.ap_id}/following",
       "followers" => "#{user.ap_id}/followers",
       "inbox" => "#{user.ap_id}/inbox",

lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller.ex

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def update_credentials(%{assigns: %{user: original_user}} = conn, params) do
         {:ok, Map.merge(user.pleroma_settings_store, value)}
       end)
       |> add_if_present(params, "default_scope", :default_scope)
+      |> add_if_present(params, "actor_type", :actor_type)
 
     emojis_text = (user_params["display_name"] || "") <> (user_params["note"] || "")
 

lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ defp do_render("show.json", %{user: user} = opts) do
         0
       end
 
-    bot = (user.source_data["type"] || "Person") in ["Application", "Service"]
+    bot = user.actor_type in ["Application", "Service"]
 
     emojis =
       (user.source_data["tag"] || [])
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ defp do_render("show.json", %{user: user} = opts) do
         sensitive: false,
         fields: user.raw_fields,
         pleroma: %{
-          discoverable: user.discoverable
+          discoverable: user.discoverable,
+          actor_type: user.actor_type
         }
       },
 

priv/repo/migrations/20191123030554_add_activitypub_actor_type.exs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Pleroma.Repo.Migrations.AddActivitypubActorType do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table("users") do
+      add(:actor_type, :string, null: false, default: "Person")
+    end
+  end
+end

test/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ test "Represent a user account" do
         note: "valid html",
         sensitive: false,
         pleroma: %{
+          actor_type: "Person",
           discoverable: false
         },
         fields: []
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ test "Represent a Service(bot) account" do
       insert(:user, %{
         follower_count: 3,
         note_count: 5,
-        source_data: %{"type" => "Service"},
+        source_data: %{},
+        actor_type: "Service",
         nickname: "shp@shitposter.club",
         inserted_at: ~N[2017-08-15 15:47:06.597036]
       })
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ test "Represent a Service(bot) account" do
         note: user.bio,
         sensitive: false,
         pleroma: %{
+          actor_type: "Service",
           discoverable: false
         },
         fields: []
@@ -278,7 +281,8 @@ test "represent an embedded relationship" do
       insert(:user, %{
         follower_count: 0,
         note_count: 5,
-        source_data: %{"type" => "Service"},
+        source_data: %{},
+        actor_type: "Service",
         nickname: "shp@shitposter.club",
         inserted_at: ~N[2017-08-15 15:47:06.597036]
       })
@@ -311,6 +315,7 @@ test "represent an embedded relationship" do
         note: user.bio,
         sensitive: false,
         pleroma: %{
+          actor_type: "Service",
           discoverable: false
         },
         fields: []