Micropub: The Emerging API Standard for IndieWeb Apps
summary
Micropub is an API standard for creating posts on your own domain from third‑party apps, using the microformats2 vocabulary and IndieAuth (OAuth2 with URLs) for login. Clients use a simple Micropub endpoint with form posts or multipart uploads (form-encoded multipart), return the created post URL, and already include editors, an Android client, a Pebble app, and an Instagram‑proxy bridge. Dozens of servers support creating posts but only two or three support editing; a WordPress plugin and Known make adoption trivial.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:45Barriers to entry
- 7:38Twitter apps
- 8:52Micropub
- 13:16How does it work
- 17:25Access Token
- 17:40Post Request
- 18:52Other Posts
- 24:53Editing Posts
- 27:04Endpoints
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