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Is it possible to query a lemmy instance's Federation State? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by maltfield@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is it possible for a user to query the state of a given lemmy server's federation state?

According to the lemmy documentation the server can be configured with one of three different states of federation:

Open
Blocklist
Allowlist

Unfortunately, I joined a lemmy instance that was set to "allowlist" and therefore I couldn't interact with most of the lemmy fediverse :(

I'm wondering if it's possible for non-users to query a server to see what federation state it's set-to, so that users can be aware of how limited their content will be before they signup.

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[–] wintermute@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

if allowed is not null, then the server’s federation is in allowlist state

this.

otherwise it's open federation with or without blocklist

[–] maltfield@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

wait but there's three states. If it's not allowlist then it's either open or blocklist -- according to the documentation.

Are you suggesting that if both are null then the federation state is set to open?

[–] wintermute@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

according to the documentation open and blocklist have open federation.