2 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/shared/utils/requests/activitypub.ts b/shared/utils/requests/activitypub.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2348ace0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/utils/requests/activitypub.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { doRequest } from '../../../server/helpers/requests'
+import { HTTP_SIGNATURE } from '../../../server/initializers'
+import { buildGlobalHeaders } from '../../../server/lib/job-queue/handlers/utils/activitypub-http-utils'
+import { activityPubContextify } from '../../../server/helpers/activitypub'
+
+function makePOSTAPRequest (url: string, body: any, httpSignature: any, headers: any) {
+  const options = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    uri: url,
+    json: body,
+    httpSignature,
+    headers
+  }
+
+  return doRequest(options)
+}
+
+async function makeFollowRequest (to: { url: string }, by: { url: string, privateKey }) {
+  const follow = {
+    type: 'Follow',
+    id: by.url + '/toto',
+    actor: by.url,
+    object: to.url
+  }
+
+  const body = activityPubContextify(follow)
+
+  const httpSignature = {
+    algorithm: HTTP_SIGNATURE.ALGORITHM,
+    authorizationHeaderName: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADER_NAME,
+    keyId: by.url,
+    key: by.privateKey,
+    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN
+  }
+  const headers = buildGlobalHeaders(body)
+
+  return makePOSTAPRequest(to.url, body, httpSignature, headers)
+}
+
+export {
+  makePOSTAPRequest,
+  makeFollowRequest
+}
diff --git a/shared/utils/requests/requests.ts b/shared/utils/requests/requests.ts
index 5796540f7..77e9f6164 100644
--- a/shared/utils/requests/requests.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/requests/requests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as request from 'supertest'
-import { buildAbsoluteFixturePath } from '../miscs/miscs'
+import { buildAbsoluteFixturePath, root } from '../miscs/miscs'
 import { isAbsolute, join } from 'path'
 
 function makeGetRequest (options: {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function updateAvatarRequest (options: {
   if (isAbsolute(options.fixture)) {
     filePath = options.fixture
   } else {
-    filePath = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'fixtures', options.fixture)
+    filePath = join(root(), 'server', 'tests', 'fixtures', options.fixture)
   }
 
   return makeUploadRequest({