# FEP-8a8e Validation suite A collection of checks to make sure your [ActivtyStreams Event objects](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-event) are compliant with [FEP-8a8e](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/8a8e/fep-8a8e.md). FEP-8a8e is a standard that tries to unify how the Fediverse talks about events (as in gatherings of people). Ideally this validation suite enables developers to write correct implementations without having to read the (entire) standard document. While currently being heavily work in progress, it aims for the following feature set: - [x] Provide Warnings, Violations and Notes to give feedback to implementers - [x] Annotations are as specific as possible in two directions; The relevant JSON value in the object and the relevant sentence in the standard. - [x] Library for web based frontends, e.g. https://fep-8a8e.erictapen.name/ - [x] CLI application for local testing and use in CI - [ ] Every paragraph in the FEP has one corresponding rule - [ ] Check for JSON-LD compliance and make suggestions about contexts # Try it out The easiest way for trying out the validator is to just use [the web frontend](https://fep-8a8e.erictapen.name/). If you want to try out the CLI application, you can use Node for a quick entry. ```console $ npx fep-8a8e-validator --help Usage: fep-8a8e-validator [options] Arguments: input Validate a file or URL providing an ActivityStreams Event object. Use `-` for reading from stdin. Options: -V, --version output the version number -s, --strictness On which kind of urgency level to fail (choices: "Violation", "Warning", default: "Violation") -h, --help display help for command ``` # Hacking For running the code from the repository: ```console $ npm install $ npm run build $ ./dist/bin/fep-8a8e-validator.js --help ``` This Project doesn't have CI yet, but for now you can run static analyis this way: ```console $ nix develop $ pre-commit run --all ``` # Acknowledgement [](https://nlnet.nl) [](https://nlnet.nl/entrust) This [project](https://nlnet.nl/project/WP-ActivityPub-polls/) was funded through the [NGI0 Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund) a fund established by [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl) with financial support from the European Commission's [Next Generation Internet](https://ngi.eu) programme, under the aegis of [DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology](https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en) under grant agreement N^o [101135429](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135429). Additional funding is made available by the [Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation](https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html) (SERI).