using WebFinger to look up Mastodon users

gistfile1.txt

# this is me looking up ef4
$ curl -s https://better.boston/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:ef4@better.boston | jq .
{
  "subject": "acct:ef4@better.boston",
  "aliases": [
    "https://better.boston/@ef4",
    "https://better.boston/users/ef4"
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page",
      "type": "text/html",
      "href": "https://better.boston/@ef4"
    },
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "type": "application/activity+json",
      "href": "https://better.boston/users/ef4"
    },
    {
      "rel": "http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe",
      "template": "https://better.boston/authorize_interaction?uri={uri}"
    }
  ]
}

# and then looking up @crystalvisits
$ curl -s https://wrong.tools/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:crystalvisits@wrong.tools | jq .
{
  "subject": "acct:crystalvisits@wrong.tools",
  "aliases": [
    "https://mas.wrong.tools/@crystalvisits",
    "https://mas.wrong.tools/users/crystalvisits"
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page",
      "type": "text/html",
      "href": "https://mas.wrong.tools/@crystalvisits"
    },
    {
      "rel": "self",
      "type": "application/activity+json",
      "href": "https://mas.wrong.tools/users/crystalvisits"
    },
    {
      "rel": "http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe",
      "template": "https://mas.wrong.tools/authorize_interaction?uri={uri}"
    }
  ]
}