Micropub (MP) is a

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Recommendation that describes a client–server protocol based on

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to create, update, and delete posts (e.g.

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) on servers using web or native app clients. Micropub was originally developed in the

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community, contributed to W3C, and published as a

working draft on January 28, 2016. As of May 23, 2017 it is a W3C Recommendation. Micropub uses

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2.0 Bearer Tokens for authentication and accepts traditional form posts as well as JSON posts. Posted data uses a vocabulary derived from

Microformats Microformats (μF) are a set of defined HTML classes created to serve as consistent and descriptive metadata about an element, designating it as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events ...

. Micropub is mostly used to create "posts", which are similar to Tweets, or micro blog posts, like those posted to

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. The protocol supports a variety of different content types however, such as Bookmarks, Favorites, Reposts, Events, RSVPs, and Checkins. Micropub is currently supported on a variety of IndieWeb compatible websites, like micro.blog.

Implementations

There are numerous Micropub implementations, both clients, and servers, many of them open source.

Clients

* Quill * OwnYourGram * InkStone * Micropublish * Dobrado *

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Servers

* Postly * p3k * kaku * Micropub to GitHub * wordpress-micropub - a

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plugin * Transformative * aruna * Micropub for ProcessWire - a

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plugin * Dobrado * Known * Briefly * Sweetroll

Services

* micro.blog

References

World Wide Web Consortium standards 2017 introductions {{internet-stub

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