Contacts App

An ActivityPods application to handle contacts exchange and management

Services

• ManagerService
• RequestService

Dependencies

• CoreService
• ProfileService

Collections

Attached to the actor:

• /contacts with the list of actors whose contact has been accepted
• /contact-requests with the list of contact requests activities received
• /rejected-contacts with the list of actors whose contact has been rejected

Handled activities

Contact request

{
  "type": "Offer",
  "object": {
    "type": "Add",
    "object": {
      "type": "Profile"
    }
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The recipients are given read access to the emitter's profile

Recipients' side effects

• The activity is added to the recipient's /contact-requests collection.
• A notification is sent to the recipient

Accept contact request

{
  "type": "Accept",
  "object": {
    "type": "Offer",
    "object": {
      "type": "Add",
      "object": {
        "type": "Profile"
      }
    }
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The recipients are given read access to the emitter's profile
• The recipients' profiles are cached in the emitter's POD
• The recipients are attached to the emitter's /contacts collection
• The contact request activity is removed from the emitter's /contact-requests collection.

Recipients' side effects

• The emitter profile is cached in the recipients' PODs
• The emitter is attached to the recipients' /contacts collection

Ignore contact request

{
  "type": "Ignore",
  "object": {
    "type": "Offer",
    "object": {
      "type": "Add",
      "object": {
        "type": "Profile"
      }
    }
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The contact request activity is removed from the emitter's /contact-requests collection.

Recipients' side effects

• The emitter lose read access to the recipient's profile

Reject contact request

{
  "type": "Reject",
  "object": {
    "type": "Offer",
    "object": {
      "type": "Add",
      "object": {
        "type": "Profile"
      }
    }
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The recipients are attached to the emitter's /rejected-contacts collection (new contact requests will be automatically rejected)
• The contact request activity is removed from the emitter's /contact-requests collection.

Recipients' side effects

• The emitter lose read access to the recipient's profile

Ignore contact

{
  "type": "Ignore",
  "object": {
    "type": "Person"
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The recipients are attached to the emitter's private /ignored-contacts collection. Notifications, except for direct messages (Note), are from thereon suppressed.

Recipients' side effects

none

Undo ignore contact

{
  "type": "Undo",
  "object": {
    "type": "Ignore",
    "object": {
      "type": "Person"
    }
  }
}

Emitter's side effects

• The referenced person is removed from the ignored-contacts collection.

Recipients' side effects

none