My idea is this: I just want to send to a server like this a request from my domain name and username, but I don’t want to run a full instance. Is this technically possible?
There are APIs that you can use to post and comment, etc… But there has to be an instance at that domain.
That’s how most of the mobile apps work btw, they just send a network request direct to lemmy.world etc… Saying that iopq wants to create a post with this title and this content…
But there’s no need for your own personal domain name in this scenario, you just need an account on the server that you’re trying to post or comment to.
Not sure if that helps.
Why does there have to be an instance there? Who checks that?
So you can’t just send data from a domain. There has to be a service running behind that domain name to do something.
Without a server, it’d be like asking “why do I need tires on my car?”. Well it’s not going to go anywhere without them.
Now this could be a private instance with only you as the single user. And it could federated with the rest of the fediverse. But you still have to run some software to do that.
Now in theory someone I guess could come up with a slim version of Lemmy that only has a single user, and you can’t post or comment directly to that instance but again something has to be running on a server behind that domain.
There has to be a service running behind that domain name to do something.
To do what, exactly?
I mean this in the kindest way possible, but it’s clear you have no idea how server-based software works, like at all.
These patient people are being angels to you.
This sort of software is a very intricate web of programs talking to other copies of itself. You can install your own copy of the program, but a copy of the program is 100% required, even if it’s just you using it.
I’m a web developer, so…
Then you should understand why a server needs to exist to accept a post from you.
Unless you are saying “why can’t I send the API calls to Lemmy instances that cause a post from another domain to show up in one” and the answer is that posts aren’t pushed to other instances, they are pulled.
So you’d need to set up a listener that responds to requests for subscriptions and requests for post and comment updates and responds in kind when another instance that you wish to allow federation with) asks for updates and congratulations you’ve just re-invented the Lemmy server software.
You are either trolling these people, or by “web developer” you mean you are a literal spider.
You can interact here from other ActivityPub-supporting codebases so you could just run one of the minimal microblogging sites. You wouldn’t get the same experience as being a Lemmy instance though.
Yeah, if you’re interested in learning things like server maintenance or docker you could absolutely spin up your own instance. Working on that myself right now, just gotta get the time to configure properly since I don’t want bots finding and getting in through it. Definitely more work than it’s probably worth though unless you’re interested in that.
Why not set up a full instance and make it invite only?
Why not join an instance in this case? Let someone else handle running the instance and you post from whatever client you’d like?
I joined two of them and they both went down
You’d have to use a full instance either way, so if you somehow got your own domain using another instance, you’d still be relying on their instance.
It’s basically joining an instance but with extra steps
I mean, I could write a server that redirects the notifications pushed to me and read the actual posts on the instances themselves
Why not just run your own instance of the Lemmy software? This is essentially what you are asking to do.
