14 files changed, 353 insertions, 98 deletions

diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8d0b8542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { buildDigest, signJsonLDObject } from '@server/helpers/peertube-crypto'
+import { ACTIVITY_PUB, HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { ActorModel } from '@server/models/actor/actor'
+import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
+import { MActor } from '@server/types/models'
+import { ContextType } from '@shared/models/activitypub/context'
+import { activityPubContextify } from '../context'
+
+type Payload <T> = { body: T, contextType: ContextType, signatureActorId?: number }
+
+async function computeBody <T> (
+  payload: Payload<T>
+): Promise<T | T & { type: 'RsaSignature2017', creator: string, created: string }> {
+  let body = payload.body
+
+  if (payload.signatureActorId) {
+    const actorSignature = await ActorModel.load(payload.signatureActorId)
+    if (!actorSignature) throw new Error('Unknown signature actor id.')
+
+    body = await signAndContextify(actorSignature, payload.body, payload.contextType)
+  }
+
+  return body
+}
+
+async function buildSignedRequestOptions (payload: Payload<any>) {
+  let actor: MActor | null
+
+  if (payload.signatureActorId) {
+    actor = await ActorModel.load(payload.signatureActorId)
+    if (!actor) throw new Error('Unknown signature actor id.')
+  } else {
+    // We need to sign the request, so use the server
+    actor = await getServerActor()
+  }
+
+  const keyId = actor.url
+  return {
+    algorithm: HTTP_SIGNATURE.ALGORITHM,
+    authorizationHeaderName: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADER_NAME,
+    keyId,
+    key: actor.privateKey,
+    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN
+  }
+}
+
+function buildGlobalHeaders (body: any) {
+  return {
+    'digest': buildDigest(body),
+    'content-type': 'application/activity+json',
+    'accept': ACTIVITY_PUB.ACCEPT_HEADER
+  }
+}
+
+function signAndContextify <T> (byActor: MActor, data: T, contextType: ContextType | null) {
+  const activity = contextType
+    ? activityPubContextify(data, contextType)
+    : data
+
+  return signJsonLDObject(byActor, activity)
+}
+
+export {
+  buildGlobalHeaders,
+  computeBody,
+  buildSignedRequestOptions,
+  signAndContextify
+}
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/index.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/index.ts
index 028936810..852ea2e74 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/index.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export * from './send-accept'
+export * from './http'
 export * from './send-accept'
 export * from './send-announce'
 export * from './send-create'
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-accept.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-accept.ts
index 939f06d9e..4c9bcbb0b 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-accept.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-accept.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ function sendAccept (actorFollow: MActorFollowActors) {
   const url = getLocalActorFollowAcceptActivityPubUrl(actorFollow)
   const data = buildAcceptActivity(url, me, followData)
 
-  return unicastTo(data, me, follower.inboxUrl)
+  return unicastTo({
+    data,
+    byActor: me,
+    toActorUrl: follower.inboxUrl,
+    contextType: 'Accept'
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-announce.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-announce.ts
index 7897beb75..6c078b047 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-announce.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-announce.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ async function buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience (
   return { activity, actorsInvolvedInVideo }
 }
 
-async function sendVideoAnnounce (byActor: MActorLight, videoShare: MVideoShare, video: MVideo, t: Transaction) {
-  const { activity, actorsInvolvedInVideo } = await buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience(byActor, videoShare, video, t)
+async function sendVideoAnnounce (byActor: MActorLight, videoShare: MVideoShare, video: MVideo, transaction: Transaction) {
+  const { activity, actorsInvolvedInVideo } = await buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience(byActor, videoShare, video, transaction)
 
   logger.info('Creating job to send announce %s.', videoShare.url)
 
-  const followersException = [ byActor ]
-  return broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, actorsInvolvedInVideo, t, followersException, 'Announce')
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolvedInVideo,
+    transaction,
+    actorsException: [ byActor ],
+    contextType: 'Announce'
+  })
 }
 
 function buildAnnounceActivity (url: string, byActor: MActorLight, object: string, audience?: ActivityAudience): ActivityAnnounce {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-create.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-create.ts
index f6d897220..5d8763495 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-create.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-create.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 
 const lTags = loggerTagsFactory('ap', 'create')
 
-async function sendCreateVideo (video: MVideoAP, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendCreateVideo (video: MVideoAP, transaction: Transaction) {
   if (!video.hasPrivacyForFederation()) return undefined
 
   logger.info('Creating job to send video creation of %s.', video.url, lTags(video.uuid))
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ async function sendCreateVideo (video: MVideoAP, t: Transaction) {
   const audience = getAudience(byActor, video.privacy === VideoPrivacy.PUBLIC)
   const createActivity = buildCreateActivity(video.url, byActor, videoObject, audience)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(createActivity, byActor, [ byActor ], t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: createActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: [ byActor ],
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Video'
+  })
 }
 
 async function sendCreateCacheFile (
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ async function sendCreateCacheFile (
   })
 }
 
-async function sendCreateVideoPlaylist (playlist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendCreateVideoPlaylist (playlist: MVideoPlaylistFull, transaction: Transaction) {
   if (playlist.privacy === VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE) return undefined
 
   logger.info('Creating job to send create video playlist of %s.', playlist.url, lTags(playlist.uuid))
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ async function sendCreateVideoPlaylist (playlist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Transac
   const byActor = playlist.OwnerAccount.Actor
   const audience = getAudience(byActor, playlist.privacy === VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC)
 
-  const object = await playlist.toActivityPubObject(null, t)
+  const object = await playlist.toActivityPubObject(null, transaction)
   const createActivity = buildCreateActivity(playlist.url, byActor, object, audience)
 
   const serverActor = await getServerActor()
@@ -71,19 +77,25 @@ async function sendCreateVideoPlaylist (playlist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Transac
 
   if (playlist.VideoChannel) toFollowersOf.push(playlist.VideoChannel.Actor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(createActivity, byActor, toFollowersOf, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: createActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf,
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Playlist'
+  })
 }
 
-async function sendCreateVideoComment (comment: MCommentOwnerVideo, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendCreateVideoComment (comment: MCommentOwnerVideo, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to send comment %s.', comment.url)
 
   const isOrigin = comment.Video.isOwned()
 
   const byActor = comment.Account.Actor
-  const threadParentComments = await VideoCommentModel.listThreadParentComments(comment, t)
+  const threadParentComments = await VideoCommentModel.listThreadParentComments(comment, transaction)
   const commentObject = comment.toActivityPubObject(threadParentComments)
 
-  const actorsInvolvedInComment = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(comment.Video, t)
+  const actorsInvolvedInComment = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(comment.Video, transaction)
   // Add the actor that commented too
   actorsInvolvedInComment.push(byActor)
 
@@ -101,16 +113,45 @@ async function sendCreateVideoComment (comment: MCommentOwnerVideo, t: Transacti
 
   // This was a reply, send it to the parent actors
   const actorsException = [ byActor ]
-  await broadcastToActors(createActivity, byActor, parentsCommentActors, t, actorsException)
+  await broadcastToActors({
+    data: createActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toActors: parentsCommentActors,
+    transaction,
+    actorsException,
+    contextType: 'Comment'
+  })
 
   // Broadcast to our followers
-  await broadcastToFollowers(createActivity, byActor, [ byActor ], t)
+  await broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: createActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: [ byActor ],
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Comment'
+  })
 
   // Send to actors involved in the comment
-  if (isOrigin) return broadcastToFollowers(createActivity, byActor, actorsInvolvedInComment, t, actorsException)
+  if (isOrigin) {
+    return broadcastToFollowers({
+      data: createActivity,
+      byActor,
+      toFollowersOf: actorsInvolvedInComment,
+      transaction,
+      actorsException,
+      contextType: 'Comment'
+    })
+  }
 
   // Send to origin
-  t.afterCommit(() => unicastTo(createActivity, byActor, comment.Video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor.getSharedInbox()))
+  return transaction.afterCommit(() => {
+    return unicastTo({
+      data: createActivity,
+      byActor,
+      toActorUrl: comment.Video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor.getSharedInbox(),
+      contextType: 'Comment'
+    })
+  })
 }
 
 function buildCreateActivity (url: string, byActor: MActorLight, object: any, audience?: ActivityAudience): ActivityCreate {
@@ -144,8 +185,8 @@ async function sendVideoRelatedCreateActivity (options: {
   video: MVideoAccountLight
   url: string
   object: any
+  contextType: ContextType
   transaction?: Transaction
-  contextType?: ContextType
 }) {
   const activityBuilder = (audience: ActivityAudience) => {
     return buildCreateActivity(options.url, options.byActor, options.object, audience)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-delete.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-delete.ts
index 39216cdeb..0d85d9001 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-delete.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-delete.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ async function sendDeleteVideo (video: MVideoAccountLight, transaction: Transact
     return buildDeleteActivity(url, video.url, byActor, audience)
   }
 
-  return sendVideoRelatedActivity(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, transaction })
+  return sendVideoRelatedActivity(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, contextType: 'Delete', transaction })
 }
 
-async function sendDeleteActor (byActor: ActorModel, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendDeleteActor (byActor: ActorModel, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to broadcast delete of actor %s.', byActor.url)
 
   const url = getDeleteActivityPubUrl(byActor.url)
   const activity = buildDeleteActivity(url, byActor.url, byActor)
 
-  const actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsWhoSharedVideosOf(byActor.id, t)
+  const actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsWhoSharedVideosOf(byActor.id, transaction)
 
   // In case the actor did not have any videos
   const serverActor = await getServerActor()
@@ -40,10 +40,16 @@ async function sendDeleteActor (byActor: ActorModel, t: Transaction) {
 
   actorsInvolved.push(byActor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, actorsInvolved, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolved,
+    contextType: 'Delete',
+    transaction
+  })
 }
 
-async function sendDeleteVideoComment (videoComment: MCommentOwnerVideo, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendDeleteVideoComment (videoComment: MCommentOwnerVideo, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to send delete of comment %s.', videoComment.url)
 
   const isVideoOrigin = videoComment.Video.isOwned()
@@ -53,10 +59,10 @@ async function sendDeleteVideoComment (videoComment: MCommentOwnerVideo, t: Tran
     ? videoComment.Account.Actor
     : videoComment.Video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor
 
-  const threadParentComments = await VideoCommentModel.listThreadParentComments(videoComment, t)
+  const threadParentComments = await VideoCommentModel.listThreadParentComments(videoComment, transaction)
   const threadParentCommentsFiltered = threadParentComments.filter(c => !c.isDeleted())
 
-  const actorsInvolvedInComment = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(videoComment.Video, t)
+  const actorsInvolvedInComment = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(videoComment.Video, transaction)
   actorsInvolvedInComment.push(byActor) // Add the actor that commented the video
 
   const audience = getVideoCommentAudience(videoComment, threadParentCommentsFiltered, actorsInvolvedInComment, isVideoOrigin)
@@ -64,19 +70,48 @@ async function sendDeleteVideoComment (videoComment: MCommentOwnerVideo, t: Tran
 
   // This was a reply, send it to the parent actors
   const actorsException = [ byActor ]
-  await broadcastToActors(activity, byActor, threadParentCommentsFiltered.map(c => c.Account.Actor), t, actorsException)
+  await broadcastToActors({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toActors: threadParentCommentsFiltered.map(c => c.Account.Actor),
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Delete',
+    actorsException
+  })
 
   // Broadcast to our followers
-  await broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, [ byActor ], t)
+  await broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: [ byActor ],
+    contextType: 'Delete',
+    transaction
+  })
 
   // Send to actors involved in the comment
-  if (isVideoOrigin) return broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, actorsInvolvedInComment, t, actorsException)
+  if (isVideoOrigin) {
+    return broadcastToFollowers({
+      data: activity,
+      byActor,
+      toFollowersOf: actorsInvolvedInComment,
+      transaction,
+      contextType: 'Delete',
+      actorsException
+    })
+  }
 
   // Send to origin
-  t.afterCommit(() => unicastTo(activity, byActor, videoComment.Video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor.getSharedInbox()))
+  return transaction.afterCommit(() => {
+    return unicastTo({
+      data: activity,
+      byActor,
+      toActorUrl: videoComment.Video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor.getSharedInbox(),
+      contextType: 'Delete'
+    })
+  })
 }
 
-async function sendDeleteVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFullSummary, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendDeleteVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFullSummary, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to send delete of playlist %s.', videoPlaylist.url)
 
   const byActor = videoPlaylist.OwnerAccount.Actor
@@ -89,7 +124,13 @@ async function sendDeleteVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFullSummary
 
   if (videoPlaylist.VideoChannel) toFollowersOf.push(videoPlaylist.VideoChannel.Actor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, toFollowersOf, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf,
+    contextType: 'Delete',
+    transaction
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-dislike.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-dislike.ts
index ecb11e9bf..959e74823 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-dislike.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-dislike.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { audiencify, getAudience } from '../audience'
 import { getVideoDislikeActivityPubUrlByLocalActor } from '../url'
 import { sendVideoActivityToOrigin } from './shared/send-utils'
 
-function sendDislike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Transaction) {
+function sendDislike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to dislike %s.', video.url)
 
   const activityBuilder = (audience: ActivityAudience) => {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function sendDislike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Transaction
     return buildDislikeActivity(url, byActor, video, audience)
   }
 
-  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, transaction: t })
+  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, transaction, contextType: 'Rate' })
 }
 
 function buildDislikeActivity (url: string, byActor: MActorAudience, video: MVideoUrl, audience?: ActivityAudience): ActivityDislike {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-flag.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-flag.ts
index 6df4e7eb8..138eb5adc 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-flag.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-flag.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,20 @@ function sendAbuse (byActor: MActor, abuse: MAbuseAP, flaggedAccount: MAccountLi
   const audience = { to: [ flaggedAccount.Actor.url ], cc: [] }
   const flagActivity = buildFlagActivity(url, byActor, abuse, audience)
 
-  t.afterCommit(() => unicastTo(flagActivity, byActor, flaggedAccount.Actor.getSharedInbox()))
+  return t.afterCommit(() => {
+    return unicastTo({
+      data: flagActivity,
+      byActor,
+      toActorUrl: flaggedAccount.Actor.getSharedInbox(),
+      contextType: 'Flag'
+    })
+  })
 }
 
 function buildFlagActivity (url: string, byActor: MActor, abuse: MAbuseAP, audience: ActivityAudience): ActivityFlag {
   if (!audience) audience = getAudience(byActor)
 
-  const activity = Object.assign(
-    { id: url, actor: byActor.url },
-    abuse.toActivityPubObject()
-  )
+  const activity = { id: url, actor: byActor.url, ...abuse.toActivityPubObject() }
 
   return audiencify(activity, audience)
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-follow.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-follow.ts
index aeeb50a2a..57501dadb 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-follow.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-follow.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ function sendFollow (actorFollow: MActorFollowActors, t: Transaction) {
 
   const data = buildFollowActivity(actorFollow.url, me, following)
 
-  t.afterCommit(() => unicastTo(data, me, following.inboxUrl))
+  return t.afterCommit(() => {
+    return unicastTo({ data, byActor: me, toActorUrl: following.inboxUrl, contextType: 'Follow' })
+  })
 }
 
 function buildFollowActivity (url: string, byActor: MActor, targetActor: MActor): ActivityFollow {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-like.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-like.ts
index a5fe95e0a..46c9fdec9 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-like.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-like.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { audiencify, getAudience } from '../audience'
 import { getVideoLikeActivityPubUrlByLocalActor } from '../url'
 import { sendVideoActivityToOrigin } from './shared/send-utils'
 
-function sendLike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Transaction) {
+function sendLike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to like %s.', video.url)
 
   const activityBuilder = (audience: ActivityAudience) => {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function sendLike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Transaction) {
     return buildLikeActivity(url, byActor, video, audience)
   }
 
-  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, transaction: t })
+  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, transaction, contextType: 'Rate' })
 }
 
 function buildLikeActivity (url: string, byActor: MActorAudience, video: MVideoUrl, audience?: ActivityAudience): ActivityLike {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-reject.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-reject.ts
index 01b8f743b..83d8dfba7 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-reject.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-reject.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function sendReject (followUrl: string, follower: MActor, following: MActor) {
   const url = getLocalActorFollowRejectActivityPubUrl(follower, following)
   const data = buildRejectActivity(url, following, followData)
 
-  return unicastTo(data, following, follower.inboxUrl)
+  return unicastTo({ data, byActor: following, toActorUrl: follower.inboxUrl, contextType: 'Reject' })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-undo.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-undo.ts
index 948ca0d7a..36d7ef991 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-undo.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-undo.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
   ActivityDislike,
   ActivityFollow,
   ActivityLike,
-  ActivityUndo
+  ActivityUndo,
+  ContextType
 } from '@shared/models'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
@@ -43,24 +44,37 @@ function sendUndoFollow (actorFollow: MActorFollowActors, t: Transaction) {
   const followActivity = buildFollowActivity(actorFollow.url, me, following)
   const undoActivity = undoActivityData(undoUrl, me, followActivity)
 
-  t.afterCommit(() => unicastTo(undoActivity, me, following.inboxUrl))
+  return t.afterCommit(() => {
+    return unicastTo({
+      data: undoActivity,
+      byActor: me,
+      toActorUrl: following.inboxUrl,
+      contextType: 'Follow'
+    })
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-async function sendUndoAnnounce (byActor: MActorLight, videoShare: MVideoShare, video: MVideo, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendUndoAnnounce (byActor: MActorLight, videoShare: MVideoShare, video: MVideo, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to undo announce %s.', videoShare.url)
 
   const undoUrl = getUndoActivityPubUrl(videoShare.url)
 
-  const { activity: announceActivity, actorsInvolvedInVideo } = await buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience(byActor, videoShare, video, t)
-  const undoActivity = undoActivityData(undoUrl, byActor, announceActivity)
-
-  const followersException = [ byActor ]
-  return broadcastToFollowers(undoActivity, byActor, actorsInvolvedInVideo, t, followersException)
+  const { activity: announce, actorsInvolvedInVideo } = await buildAnnounceWithVideoAudience(byActor, videoShare, video, transaction)
+  const undoActivity = undoActivityData(undoUrl, byActor, announce)
+
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: undoActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolvedInVideo,
+    transaction,
+    actorsException: [ byActor ],
+    contextType: 'Announce'
+  })
 }
 
-async function sendUndoCacheFile (byActor: MActor, redundancyModel: MVideoRedundancyVideo, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendUndoCacheFile (byActor: MActor, redundancyModel: MVideoRedundancyVideo, transaction: Transaction) {
   logger.info('Creating job to undo cache file %s.', redundancyModel.url)
 
   const associatedVideo = redundancyModel.getVideo()
@@ -72,7 +86,14 @@ async function sendUndoCacheFile (byActor: MActor, redundancyModel: MVideoRedund
   const video = await VideoModel.loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags(associatedVideo.id)
   const createActivity = buildCreateActivity(redundancyModel.url, byActor, redundancyModel.toActivityPubObject())
 
-  return sendUndoVideoRelatedActivity({ byActor, video, url: redundancyModel.url, activity: createActivity, transaction: t })
+  return sendUndoVideoRelatedActivity({
+    byActor,
+    video,
+    url: redundancyModel.url,
+    activity: createActivity,
+    contextType: 'CacheFile',
+    transaction
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -83,7 +104,7 @@ async function sendUndoLike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Tran
   const likeUrl = getVideoLikeActivityPubUrlByLocalActor(byActor, video)
   const likeActivity = buildLikeActivity(likeUrl, byActor, video)
 
-  return sendUndoVideoToOriginActivity({ byActor, video, url: likeUrl, activity: likeActivity, transaction: t })
+  return sendUndoVideoRateToOriginActivity({ byActor, video, url: likeUrl, activity: likeActivity, transaction: t })
 }
 
 async function sendUndoDislike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: Transaction) {
@@ -92,7 +113,7 @@ async function sendUndoDislike (byActor: MActor, video: MVideoAccountLight, t: T
   const dislikeUrl = getVideoDislikeActivityPubUrlByLocalActor(byActor, video)
   const dislikeActivity = buildDislikeActivity(dislikeUrl, byActor, video)
 
-  return sendUndoVideoToOriginActivity({ byActor, video, url: dislikeUrl, activity: dislikeActivity, transaction: t })
+  return sendUndoVideoRateToOriginActivity({ byActor, video, url: dislikeUrl, activity: dislikeActivity, transaction: t })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -131,6 +152,7 @@ async function sendUndoVideoRelatedActivity (options: {
   video: MVideoAccountLight
   url: string
   activity: ActivityFollow | ActivityCreate | ActivityAnnounce
+  contextType: ContextType
   transaction: Transaction
 }) {
   const activityBuilder = (audience: ActivityAudience) => {
@@ -142,7 +164,7 @@ async function sendUndoVideoRelatedActivity (options: {
   return sendVideoRelatedActivity(activityBuilder, options)
 }
 
-async function sendUndoVideoToOriginActivity (options: {
+async function sendUndoVideoRateToOriginActivity (options: {
   byActor: MActor
   video: MVideoAccountLight
   url: string
@@ -155,5 +177,5 @@ async function sendUndoVideoToOriginActivity (options: {
     return undoActivityData(undoUrl, options.byActor, options.activity, audience)
   }
 
-  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, options)
+  return sendVideoActivityToOrigin(activityBuilder, { ...options, contextType: 'Rate' })
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-update.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-update.ts
index 7c9e72cbc..3577ece02 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-update.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/send-update.ts
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ import { getUpdateActivityPubUrl } from '../url'
 import { getActorsInvolvedInVideo } from './shared'
 import { broadcastToFollowers, sendVideoRelatedActivity } from './shared/send-utils'
 
-async function sendUpdateVideo (videoArg: MVideoAPWithoutCaption, t: Transaction, overrodeByActor?: MActor) {
+async function sendUpdateVideo (videoArg: MVideoAPWithoutCaption, transaction: Transaction, overriddenByActor?: MActor) {
   const video = videoArg as MVideoAP
 
   if (!video.hasPrivacyForFederation()) return undefined
 
   logger.info('Creating job to update video %s.', video.url)
 
-  const byActor = overrodeByActor || video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor
+  const byActor = overriddenByActor || video.VideoChannel.Account.Actor
 
   const url = getUpdateActivityPubUrl(video.url, video.updatedAt.toISOString())
 
   // Needed to build the AP object
   if (!video.VideoCaptions) {
-    video.VideoCaptions = await video.$get('VideoCaptions', { transaction: t })
+    video.VideoCaptions = await video.$get('VideoCaptions', { transaction })
   }
 
   const videoObject = video.toActivityPubObject()
@@ -41,13 +41,19 @@ async function sendUpdateVideo (videoArg: MVideoAPWithoutCaption, t: Transaction
 
   const updateActivity = buildUpdateActivity(url, byActor, videoObject, audience)
 
-  const actorsInvolved = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(video, t)
-  if (overrodeByActor) actorsInvolved.push(overrodeByActor)
+  const actorsInvolved = await getActorsInvolvedInVideo(video, transaction)
+  if (overriddenByActor) actorsInvolved.push(overriddenByActor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(updateActivity, byActor, actorsInvolved, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: updateActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolved,
+    contextType: 'Video',
+    transaction
+  })
 }
 
-async function sendUpdateActor (accountOrChannel: MChannelDefault | MAccountDefault, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendUpdateActor (accountOrChannel: MChannelDefault | MAccountDefault, transaction: Transaction) {
   const byActor = accountOrChannel.Actor
 
   logger.info('Creating job to update actor %s.', byActor.url)
@@ -60,15 +66,21 @@ async function sendUpdateActor (accountOrChannel: MChannelDefault | MAccountDefa
   let actorsInvolved: MActor[]
   if (accountOrChannel instanceof AccountModel) {
     // Actors that shared my videos are involved too
-    actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsWhoSharedVideosOf(byActor.id, t)
+    actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsWhoSharedVideosOf(byActor.id, transaction)
   } else {
     // Actors that shared videos of my channel are involved too
-    actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsByVideoChannel(accountOrChannel.id, t)
+    actorsInvolved = await VideoShareModel.loadActorsByVideoChannel(accountOrChannel.id, transaction)
   }
 
   actorsInvolved.push(byActor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(updateActivity, byActor, actorsInvolved, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: updateActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolved,
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Actor'
+  })
 }
 
 async function sendUpdateCacheFile (byActor: MActorLight, redundancyModel: MVideoRedundancyVideo) {
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ async function sendUpdateCacheFile (byActor: MActorLight, redundancyModel: MVide
   return sendVideoRelatedActivity(activityBuilder, { byActor, video, contextType: 'CacheFile' })
 }
 
-async function sendUpdateVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Transaction) {
+async function sendUpdateVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFull, transaction: Transaction) {
   if (videoPlaylist.privacy === VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PRIVATE) return undefined
 
   const byActor = videoPlaylist.OwnerAccount.Actor
@@ -101,7 +113,7 @@ async function sendUpdateVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Tr
 
   const url = getUpdateActivityPubUrl(videoPlaylist.url, videoPlaylist.updatedAt.toISOString())
 
-  const object = await videoPlaylist.toActivityPubObject(null, t)
+  const object = await videoPlaylist.toActivityPubObject(null, transaction)
   const audience = getAudience(byActor, videoPlaylist.privacy === VideoPlaylistPrivacy.PUBLIC)
 
   const updateActivity = buildUpdateActivity(url, byActor, object, audience)
@@ -111,7 +123,13 @@ async function sendUpdateVideoPlaylist (videoPlaylist: MVideoPlaylistFull, t: Tr
 
   if (videoPlaylist.VideoChannel) toFollowersOf.push(videoPlaylist.VideoChannel.Actor)
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(updateActivity, byActor, toFollowersOf, t)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: updateActivity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf,
+    transaction,
+    contextType: 'Playlist'
+  })
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/shared/send-utils.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/shared/send-utils.ts
index 9e8f12fa8..dbcde91ee 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/shared/send-utils.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/shared/send-utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize'
 import { ActorFollowHealthCache } from '@server/lib/actor-follow-health-cache'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
-import { Activity, ActivityAudience } from '@shared/models'
+import { Activity, ActivityAudience, ActivitypubHttpBroadcastPayload } from '@shared/models'
 import { ContextType } from '@shared/models/activitypub/context'
 import { afterCommitIfTransaction } from '../../../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { logger } from '../../../../helpers/logger'
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import { getActorsInvolvedInVideo, getAudienceFromFollowersOf, getOriginVideoAud
 async function sendVideoRelatedActivity (activityBuilder: (audience: ActivityAudience) => Activity, options: {
   byActor: MActorLight
   video: MVideoImmutable | MVideoAccountLight
+  contextType: ContextType
   transaction?: Transaction
-  contextType?: ContextType
 }) {
   const { byActor, video, transaction, contextType } = options
 
@@ -32,15 +32,23 @@ async function sendVideoRelatedActivity (activityBuilder: (audience: ActivityAud
 
   const actorsException = [ byActor ]
 
-  return broadcastToFollowers(activity, byActor, actorsInvolvedInVideo, transaction, actorsException, contextType)
+  return broadcastToFollowers({
+    data: activity,
+    byActor,
+    toFollowersOf: actorsInvolvedInVideo,
+    transaction,
+    actorsException,
+    contextType
+  })
 }
 
 async function sendVideoActivityToOrigin (activityBuilder: (audience: ActivityAudience) => Activity, options: {
   byActor: MActorLight
   video: MVideoImmutable | MVideoAccountLight
+  contextType: ContextType
+
   actorsInvolvedInVideo?: MActorLight[]
   transaction?: Transaction
-  contextType?: ContextType
 }) {
   const { byActor, video, actorsInvolvedInVideo, transaction, contextType } = options
 
@@ -53,7 +61,12 @@ async function sendVideoActivityToOrigin (activityBuilder: (audience: ActivityAu
   const activity = activityBuilder(audience)
 
   return afterCommitIfTransaction(transaction, () => {
-    return unicastTo(activity, byActor, accountActor.getSharedInbox(), contextType)
+    return unicastTo({
+      data: activity,
+      byActor,
+      toActorUrl: accountActor.getSharedInbox(),
+      contextType
+    })
   })
 }
 
@@ -100,41 +113,69 @@ async function forwardActivity (
 
   logger.debug('Creating forwarding job.', { uris })
 
-  const payload = {
+  const payload: ActivitypubHttpBroadcastPayload = {
     uris,
-    body: activity
+    body: activity,
+    contextType: null
   }
   return afterCommitIfTransaction(t, () => JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'activitypub-http-broadcast', payload }))
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-async function broadcastToFollowers (
-  data: any,
-  byActor: MActorId,
-  toFollowersOf: MActorId[],
-  t: Transaction,
-  actorsException: MActorWithInboxes[] = [],
-  contextType?: ContextType
-) {
-  const uris = await computeFollowerUris(toFollowersOf, actorsException, t)
+async function broadcastToFollowers (options: {
+  data: any
+  byActor: MActorId
+  toFollowersOf: MActorId[]
+  transaction: Transaction
+  contextType: ContextType
+
+  actorsException?: MActorWithInboxes[]
+}) {
+  const { data, byActor, toFollowersOf, transaction, contextType, actorsException = [] } = options
 
-  return afterCommitIfTransaction(t, () => broadcastTo(uris, data, byActor, contextType))
+  const uris = await computeFollowerUris(toFollowersOf, actorsException, transaction)
+
+  return afterCommitIfTransaction(transaction, () => {
+    return broadcastTo({
+      uris,
+      data,
+      byActor,
+      contextType
+    })
+  })
 }
 
-async function broadcastToActors (
-  data: any,
-  byActor: MActorId,
-  toActors: MActor[],
-  t?: Transaction,
-  actorsException: MActorWithInboxes[] = [],
-  contextType?: ContextType
-) {
+async function broadcastToActors (options: {
+  data: any
+  byActor: MActorId
+  toActors: MActor[]
+  transaction: Transaction
+  contextType: ContextType
+  actorsException?: MActorWithInboxes[]
+}) {
+  const { data, byActor, toActors, transaction, contextType, actorsException = [] } = options
+
   const uris = await computeUris(toActors, actorsException)
-  return afterCommitIfTransaction(t, () => broadcastTo(uris, data, byActor, contextType))
+
+  return afterCommitIfTransaction(transaction, () => {
+    return broadcastTo({
+      uris,
+      data,
+      byActor,
+      contextType
+    })
+  })
 }
 
-function broadcastTo (uris: string[], data: any, byActor: MActorId, contextType?: ContextType) {
+function broadcastTo (options: {
+  uris: string[]
+  data: any
+  byActor: MActorId
+  contextType: ContextType
+}) {
+  const { uris, data, byActor, contextType } = options
+
   if (uris.length === 0) return undefined
 
   const broadcastUris: string[] = []
@@ -174,7 +215,14 @@ function broadcastTo (uris: string[], data: any, byActor: MActorId, contextType?
   }
 }
 
-function unicastTo (data: any, byActor: MActorId, toActorUrl: string, contextType?: ContextType) {
+function unicastTo (options: {
+  data: any
+  byActor: MActorId
+  toActorUrl: string
+  contextType: ContextType
+}) {
+  const { data, byActor, toActorUrl, contextType } = options
+
   logger.debug('Creating unicast job.', { uri: toActorUrl })
 
   const payload = {