diaspora_federation/docs/federation/diaspora_scheme.md

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diaspora:// URI scheme

Server and software independent links

A diaspora:// URL is used if a user wants to link to another post. It doesn't contain a server hostname so it is independent of the senders server. And it isn't software specific, it is thought to be compatible with every software that is compatible with the protocol, so the receiving software can display it as software specific URL.

The format is similar to the route used for [fetching][fetching], so if the receiving server doesn't know the linked entity yet, it can just be fetched.

Format

diaspora://:type/:guid

Parameters

Name	Description
type	The type of the linked entity in snake_case.
guid	The [GUID][guid] of the linked entity.

Example

diaspora://post/17faf230675101350d995254001bd39e

[fetching]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/fetching.html [guid]: {{ site.baseurl }}/federation/types.html#guid