require 'http' require 'openssl' document = File.read('create-hello-world.json') date = Time.now.utc.httpdate keypair = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read('private.pem')) signed_string = "(request-target): post /inbox\nhost: mastodon.social\ndate: #{date}" signature = Base64.strict_encode64(keypair.sign(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, signed_string)) header = 'keyId="https://my-example.com/actor",headers="(request-target) host date",signature="' + signature + '"' HTTP.headers({ 'Host': 'mastodon.social', 'Date': date, 'Signature': header }) .post('https://mastodon.social/inbox', body: document)