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WebMention Specification
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A modern alternative to Pingback.
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Protocol Flow
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Sender discovers Receiver Endpoint
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GET /bob/post/2 HTTP/1.1
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Host: bobs.host
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< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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< Link: http://bobs.host/webmention-endpoint; rel="http://webmention.org/"
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Sender Notifies Receiver
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POST /webmention-endpoint HTTP/1.1
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Host: bobs.host
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Content-Type: application/x-www-url-form-encoded
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target=http://bobs.host/bob/post/2
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Note: the "" character is used here to indicate line wrapping in the request content and is not part of the content itself.
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bobs.host should check that target is a valid resource belonging to it and then perform a GET on source and confirm that it actually links to target.
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Let's collaborate
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Feel free to file an issue if you have feedback/questions/suggestions.
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