Web Share API

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Web Share API is a W3C Recommendation (as of 2023-05-30) for sharing text, links, and other content to a destination.

• Latest published version: https://www.w3.org/TR/web-share/
• Latest draft: https://w3c.github.io/web-share/

For specific user actions like reply, like, and repost buttons on a post, or a follow button on a profile or homepage, see:

• webactions

IndieWeb Examples

No known examples of personal indieweb sites implementing Web Share.

See Also

• How to Use the Web Share API
• How to use AddToAny as a fallback for the Web Share API
• Thread how to setup your site so you can post to it via Web Share in browsers: https://twitter.com/lady_ada_king/status/1297902260173918210
  • "I set aside an afternoon to add make my Web App a "Web Share" Target
    
    The API is really nice, I did it in 5 mins, adding this to my manifest:
    
    "share_target": {
    "action": "/feed/",
    "method": "GET",
    "params": {
    "title": "title",
    "text": "text",
    "url": "url"
    }
    }" webactions