---
attributedTo:
- https://bengo.is
name: support read only outboxes
uuid:
- 483c8708-15ea-41d8-91bb-3659973aa3b1
---
# support read only outboxes
## Motivation
* seek to resolve the issue filed at Inspired by [outbox-write-untestable-unless-testrunner-can-be-a-client](./outbox-write-untestable-unless-testrunner-can-be-a-client.md)
## Context
Currently I host an Actor at https://bengo.is/actor.json
Here is what it resolves to atm.
```json
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1"
],
"id": "https://bengo.is/",
"type": "Person",
"preferredUsername": "bengo",
"name": "bengo",
"url": "https://bengo.is/",
"inbox": "https://mastodon.social/users/bengo/inbox",
"attachments": [
{
"type": "PropertyValue",
"name": "Website",
"value": "https://bengo.is"
}
],
"outbox": "https://bengo.is/activitypub/actors/bengo/outbox.json",
"alsoKnownAs": [
"did:web:bengo.is",
"acct:\"\"@bengo.is"
]
}
```
If I run that outbox through one of the tests, the result has outcome `failed` :(
```shell
⚡ activitypub-testing run test --slug=outbox-post-servers-must-return-a-201-created-http-code --input.outbox='https://bengo.is/activitypub/actors/bengo/outbox.json' | jq .
{
"type": "Assertion",
"test": {
"id": "urn:uuid:723afcbb-118d-433e-8ab4-560ffca93582",
"uuid": "723afcbb-118d-433e-8ab4-560ffca93582",
"url": "https://socialweb.coop/activitypub/test-cases/outbox-post-servers-must-return-a-201-created-http-code/",
"slug": "outbox-post-servers-must-return-a-201-created-http-code"
},
"input": {
"outbox": "https://bengo.is/activitypub/actors/bengo/outbox.json"
},
"result": {
"outcome": "failed",
"info": "outbox POST response status MUST be 201, but got 405",
"pointer": {
"request": {
"url": "https://bengo.is/activitypub/actors/bengo/outbox.json"
},
"response": {
"status": 405,
"statusText": "Not Allowed",
"body": "\r\n405 Not Allowed\r\n\r\n405 Not Allowed