diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 53d8c45de..9d217b56b 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ plugins:
     url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
 
 federation:
+  # Some federated software such as Mastodon may require an HTTP signature to access content
+  sign_federated_fetches: true
+
   videos:
     federate_unlisted: false
 
diff --git a/config/production.yaml.example b/config/production.yaml.example
index 87ef2b676..2afc5f982 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml.example
+++ b/config/production.yaml.example
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ plugins:
     url: 'https://packages.joinpeertube.org'
 
 federation:
+  # Some federated software such as Mastodon may require an HTTP signature to access content
+  sign_federated_fetches: true
+
   videos:
     federate_unlisted: false
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
index d615ff9ed..1d2a9d235 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { pickSearchChannelQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
-import { doJSONRequest, findLatestRedirection } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
 import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { findLatestAPRedirection } from '@server/lib/activitypub/activity'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ async function searchVideoChannelURI (search: string, res: express.Response) {
 
   if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
     try {
-      const latestUri = await findLatestRedirection(uri, { activityPub: true })
+      const latestUri = await findLatestAPRedirection(uri)
 
       const actor = await getOrCreateAPActor(latestUri, 'all', true, true)
       videoChannel = actor.VideoChannel
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
index e76d65fde..97aeeaba9 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '@server/helpers/express-utils'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { pickSearchPlaylistQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
-import { doJSONRequest, findLatestRedirection } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '@server/helpers/utils'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
 import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { findLatestAPRedirection } from '@server/lib/activitypub/activity'
 import { getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist } from '@server/lib/activitypub/playlists/get'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ async function searchVideoPlaylistsURI (search: string, res: express.Response) {
 
   if (isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI(res)) {
     try {
-      const url = await findLatestRedirection(search, { activityPub: true })
+      const url = await findLatestAPRedirection(search)
 
       videoPlaylist = await getOrCreateAPVideoPlaylist(url)
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
index d0ab7f12a..b33064335 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { pickSearchVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
-import { doJSONRequest, findLatestRedirection } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
 import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { findLatestAPRedirection } from '@server/lib/activitypub/activity'
 import { getOrCreateAPVideo } from '@server/lib/activitypub/videos'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { buildMutedForSearchIndex, isSearchIndexSearch, isURISearch } from '@server/lib/search'
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ async function searchVideoURI (url: string, res: express.Response) {
       }
 
       const result = await getOrCreateAPVideo({
-        videoObject: await findLatestRedirection(url, { activityPub: true }),
+        videoObject: await findLatestAPRedirection(url),
         syncParam
       })
       video = result ? result.video : undefined
diff --git a/server/helpers/requests.ts b/server/helpers/requests.ts
index 201a7d7e3..1625d6e49 100644
--- a/server/helpers/requests.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/requests.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type PeerTubeRequestOptions = {
   timeout?: number
   activityPub?: boolean
   bodyKBLimit?: number // 1MB
+
   httpSignature?: {
     algorithm: string
     authorizationHeaderName: string
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ type PeerTubeRequestOptions = {
     key: string
     headers: string[]
   }
+
   jsonResponse?: boolean
+
+  followRedirect?: boolean
 } & Pick<GotOptions, 'headers' | 'json' | 'method' | 'searchParams'>
 
 const peertubeGot = got.extend({
@@ -180,16 +184,6 @@ function isBinaryResponse (result: Response<any>) {
   return BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES.has(result.headers['content-type'])
 }
 
-async function findLatestRedirection (url: string, options: PeerTubeRequestOptions, iteration = 1) {
-  if (iteration > 10) throw new Error('Too much iterations to find final URL ' + url)
-
-  const { headers } = await peertubeGot(url, { followRedirect: false, ...buildGotOptions(options) })
-
-  if (headers.location) return findLatestRedirection(headers.location, options, iteration + 1)
-
-  return url
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export {
@@ -200,7 +194,6 @@ export {
   doRequestAndSaveToFile,
   isBinaryResponse,
   getAgent,
-  findLatestRedirection,
   peertubeGot
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +220,7 @@ function buildGotOptions (options: PeerTubeRequestOptions) {
     timeout: options.timeout ?? REQUEST_TIMEOUTS.DEFAULT,
     json: options.json,
     searchParams: options.searchParams,
+    followRedirect: options.followRedirect,
     retry: 2,
     headers,
     context
diff --git a/server/initializers/config.ts b/server/initializers/config.ts
index 2724990c1..3e3b8ad1f 100644
--- a/server/initializers/config.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/config.ts
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ const CONFIG = {
     VIDEOS: {
       FEDERATE_UNLISTED: config.get<boolean>('federation.videos.federate_unlisted'),
       CLEANUP_REMOTE_INTERACTIONS: config.get<boolean>('federation.videos.cleanup_remote_interactions')
-    }
+    },
+    SIGN_FEDERATED_FETCHES: config.get<boolean>('federation.sign_federated_fetches')
   },
   PEERTUBE: {
     CHECK_LATEST_VERSION: {
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 9e5a02854..de5f11f8f 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -712,7 +712,8 @@ const ACTIVITY_PUB_ACTOR_TYPES: { [ id: string ]: ActivityPubActorType } = {
 const HTTP_SIGNATURE = {
   HEADER_NAME: 'signature',
   ALGORITHM: 'rsa-sha256',
-  HEADERS_TO_SIGN: [ '(request-target)', 'host', 'date', 'digest' ],
+  HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITH_PAYLOAD: [ '(request-target)', 'host', 'date', 'digest' ],
+  HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITHOUT_PAYLOAD: [ '(request-target)', 'host', 'date' ],
   CLOCK_SKEW_SECONDS: 1800
 }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/activity.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/activity.ts
index 0fed3e8fd..391bcd9c6 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/activity.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/activity.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
-import { APObjectId, ActivityObject, ActivityPubActor, ActivityType } from '@shared/models'
+import { doJSONRequest, PeerTubeRequestOptions } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
+import { ActivityObject, ActivityPubActor, ActivityType, APObjectId } from '@shared/models'
+import { buildSignedRequestOptions } from './send'
 
-function getAPId (object: string | { id: string }) {
+export function getAPId (object: string | { id: string }) {
   if (typeof object === 'string') return object
 
   return object.id
 }
 
-function getActivityStreamDuration (duration: number) {
+export function getActivityStreamDuration (duration: number) {
   // https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-duration
   return 'PT' + duration + 'S'
 }
 
-function getDurationFromActivityStream (duration: string) {
+export function getDurationFromActivityStream (duration: string) {
   return parseInt(duration.replace(/[^\d]+/, ''))
 }
 
-function buildAvailableActivities (): ActivityType[] {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export function buildAvailableActivities (): ActivityType[] {
   return [
     'Create',
     'Update',
@@ -33,9 +37,25 @@ function buildAvailableActivities (): ActivityType[] {
   ]
 }
 
-async function fetchAPObject <T extends (ActivityObject | ActivityPubActor)> (object: APObjectId) {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export async function fetchAP <T> (url: string, moreOptions: PeerTubeRequestOptions = {}) {
+  const options = {
+    activityPub: true,
+
+    httpSignature: CONFIG.FEDERATION.SIGN_FEDERATED_FETCHES
+      ? await buildSignedRequestOptions({ hasPayload: false })
+      : undefined,
+
+    ...moreOptions
+  }
+
+  return doJSONRequest<T>(url, options)
+}
+
+export async function fetchAPObjectIfNeeded <T extends (ActivityObject | ActivityPubActor)> (object: APObjectId) {
   if (typeof object === 'string') {
-    const { body } = await doJSONRequest<Exclude<T, string>>(object, { activityPub: true })
+    const { body } = await fetchAP<Exclude<T, string>>(object)
 
     return body
   }
@@ -43,10 +63,12 @@ async function fetchAPObject <T extends (ActivityObject | ActivityPubActor)> (ob
   return object as Exclude<T, string>
 }
 
-export {
-  getAPId,
-  fetchAPObject,
-  getActivityStreamDuration,
-  buildAvailableActivities,
-  getDurationFromActivityStream
+export async function findLatestAPRedirection (url: string, iteration = 1) {
+  if (iteration > 10) throw new Error('Too much iterations to find final URL ' + url)
+
+  const { headers } = await fetchAP(url, { followRedirect: false })
+
+  if (headers.location) return findLatestAPRedirection(headers.location, iteration + 1)
+
+  return url
 }
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
index b2be3f5fb..dd2bc9f03 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/get.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ActorLoadByUrlType, loadActorByUrl } from '@server/lib/model-loaders'
 import { MActor, MActorAccountChannelId, MActorAccountChannelIdActor, MActorAccountId, MActorFullActor } from '@server/types/models'
 import { arrayify } from '@shared/core-utils'
 import { ActivityPubActor, APObjectId } from '@shared/models'
-import { fetchAPObject, getAPId } from '../activity'
+import { fetchAPObjectIfNeeded, getAPId } from '../activity'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from '../url'
 import { refreshActorIfNeeded } from './refresh'
 import { APActorCreator, fetchRemoteActor } from './shared'
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function getOrCreateAPOwner (actorObject: ActivityPubActor, actorUrl: stri
 
 async function findOwner (rootUrl: string, attributedTo: APObjectId[] | APObjectId, type: 'Person' | 'Group') {
   for (const actorToCheck of arrayify(attributedTo)) {
-    const actorObject = await fetchAPObject<ActivityPubActor>(getAPId(actorToCheck))
+    const actorObject = await fetchAPObjectIfNeeded<ActivityPubActor>(getAPId(actorToCheck))
 
     if (!actorObject) {
       logger.warn('Unknown attributed to actor %s for owner %s', actorToCheck, rootUrl)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/shared/url-to-object.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/shared/url-to-object.ts
index 208d108ee..73766bd50 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/actors/shared/url-to-object.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/actors/shared/url-to-object.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { sanitizeAndCheckActorObject } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { ActivityPubActor, ActivityPubOrderedCollection } from '@shared/models'
+import { fetchAP } from '../../activity'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from '../../url'
 
 async function fetchRemoteActor (actorUrl: string): Promise<{ statusCode: number, actorObject: ActivityPubActor }> {
   logger.info('Fetching remote actor %s.', actorUrl)
 
-  const { body, statusCode } = await doJSONRequest<ActivityPubActor>(actorUrl, { activityPub: true })
+  const { body, statusCode } = await fetchAP<ActivityPubActor>(actorUrl)
 
   if (sanitizeAndCheckActorObject(body) === false) {
     logger.debug('Remote actor JSON is not valid.', { actorJSON: body })
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export {
 
 async function fetchActorTotalItems (url: string) {
   try {
-    const { body } = await doJSONRequest<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<unknown>>(url, { activityPub: true })
+    const { body } = await fetchAP<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<unknown>>(url)
 
     return body.totalItems || 0
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
index 336129b82..b8348e8cf 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/crawl.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { URL } from 'url'
 import { retryTransactionWrapper } from '@server/helpers/database-utils'
 import { ActivityPubOrderedCollection } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { ACTIVITY_PUB, WEBSERVER } from '../../initializers/constants'
+import { fetchAP } from './activity'
 
 type HandlerFunction<T> = (items: T[]) => (Promise<any> | Bluebird<any>)
 type CleanerFunction = (startedDate: Date) => Promise<any>
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ async function crawlCollectionPage <T> (argUrl: string, handler: HandlerFunction
 
   logger.info('Crawling ActivityPub data on %s.', url)
 
-  const options = { activityPub: true }
-
   const startDate = new Date()
 
-  const response = await doJSONRequest<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<T>>(url, options)
+  const response = await fetchAP<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<T>>(url)
   const firstBody = response.body
 
   const limit = ACTIVITY_PUB.FETCH_PAGE_LIMIT
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ async function crawlCollectionPage <T> (argUrl: string, handler: HandlerFunction
 
       url = nextLink
 
-      const res = await doJSONRequest<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<T>>(url, options)
+      const res = await fetchAP<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<T>>(url)
       body = res.body
     } else {
       // nextLink is already the object we want
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/url-to-object.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/url-to-object.ts
index 41bee3752..fd9fe5558 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/url-to-object.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/playlists/shared/url-to-object.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { isPlaylistElementObjectValid, isPlaylistObjectValid } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/playlist'
 import { isArray } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '@server/helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { PlaylistElementObject, PlaylistObject } from '@shared/models'
+import { fetchAP } from '../../activity'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from '../../url'
 
 async function fetchRemoteVideoPlaylist (playlistUrl: string): Promise<{ statusCode: number, playlistObject: PlaylistObject }> {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ async function fetchRemoteVideoPlaylist (playlistUrl: string): Promise<{ statusC
 
   logger.info('Fetching remote playlist %s.', playlistUrl, lTags())
 
-  const { body, statusCode } = await doJSONRequest<any>(playlistUrl, { activityPub: true })
+  const { body, statusCode } = await fetchAP<any>(playlistUrl)
 
   if (isPlaylistObjectValid(body) === false || checkUrlsSameHost(body.id, playlistUrl) !== true) {
     logger.debug('Remote video playlist JSON is not valid.', { body, ...lTags() })
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function fetchRemotePlaylistElement (elementUrl: string): Promise<{ status
 
   logger.debug('Fetching remote playlist element %s.', elementUrl, lTags())
 
-  const { body, statusCode } = await doJSONRequest<PlaylistElementObject>(elementUrl, { activityPub: true })
+  const { body, statusCode } = await fetchAP<PlaylistElementObject>(elementUrl)
 
   if (!isPlaylistElementObjectValid(body)) throw new Error(`Invalid body in fetch playlist element ${elementUrl}`)
 
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
index 2e64d981e..5f980de65 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-create.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 import { APProcessorOptions } from '../../../types/activitypub-processor.model'
 import { MActorSignature, MCommentOwnerVideo, MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles } from '../../../types/models'
 import { Notifier } from '../../notifier'
-import { fetchAPObject } from '../activity'
+import { fetchAPObjectIfNeeded } from '../activity'
 import { createOrUpdateCacheFile } from '../cache-file'
 import { createOrUpdateLocalVideoViewer } from '../local-video-viewer'
 import { createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist } from '../playlists'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function processCreateActivity (options: APProcessorOptions<ActivityCreate
 
   // Only notify if it is not from a fetcher job
   const notify = options.fromFetch !== true
-  const activityObject = await fetchAPObject<Exclude<ActivityObject, AbuseObject>>(activity.object)
+  const activityObject = await fetchAPObjectIfNeeded<Exclude<ActivityObject, AbuseObject>>(activity.object)
   const activityType = activityObject.type
 
   if (activityType === 'Video') {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-undo.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-undo.ts
index 25f68724d..a9d8199de 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-undo.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-undo.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { VideoRedundancyModel } from '../../../models/redundancy/video-redundanc
 import { VideoShareModel } from '../../../models/video/video-share'
 import { APProcessorOptions } from '../../../types/activitypub-processor.model'
 import { MActorSignature } from '../../../types/models'
-import { fetchAPObject } from '../activity'
+import { fetchAPObjectIfNeeded } from '../activity'
 import { forwardVideoRelatedActivity } from '../send/shared/send-utils'
 import { federateVideoIfNeeded, getOrCreateAPVideo } from '../videos'
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async function processUndoActivity (options: APProcessorOptions<ActivityUndo<Act
   }
 
   if (activityToUndo.type === 'Create') {
-    const objectToUndo = await fetchAPObject<CacheFileObject>(activityToUndo.object)
+    const objectToUndo = await fetchAPObjectIfNeeded<CacheFileObject>(activityToUndo.object)
 
     if (objectToUndo.type === 'CacheFile') {
       return retryTransactionWrapper(processUndoCacheFile, byActor, activity, objectToUndo)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
index 9caa74e04..304ed9de6 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/process/process-update.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../../models/actor/actor'
 import { APProcessorOptions } from '../../../types/activitypub-processor.model'
 import { MActorFull, MActorSignature } from '../../../types/models'
-import { fetchAPObject } from '../activity'
+import { fetchAPObjectIfNeeded } from '../activity'
 import { APActorUpdater } from '../actors/updater'
 import { createOrUpdateCacheFile } from '../cache-file'
 import { createOrUpdateVideoPlaylist } from '../playlists'
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { APVideoUpdater, getOrCreateAPVideo } from '../videos'
 async function processUpdateActivity (options: APProcessorOptions<ActivityUpdate<ActivityUpdateObject>>) {
   const { activity, byActor } = options
 
-  const object = await fetchAPObject(activity.object)
+  const object = await fetchAPObjectIfNeeded(activity.object)
   const objectType = object.type
 
   if (objectType === 'Video') {
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts
index ad7869853..b461aa55d 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/send/http.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ async function computeBody <T> (
   return body
 }
 
-async function buildSignedRequestOptions (payload: Payload<any>) {
+async function buildSignedRequestOptions (options: {
+  signatureActorId?: number
+  hasPayload: boolean
+}) {
   let actor: MActor | null
 
-  if (payload.signatureActorId) {
-    actor = await ActorModel.load(payload.signatureActorId)
+  if (options.signatureActorId) {
+    actor = await ActorModel.load(options.signatureActorId)
     if (!actor) throw new Error('Unknown signature actor id.')
   } else {
     // We need to sign the request, so use the server
@@ -40,7 +43,9 @@ async function buildSignedRequestOptions (payload: Payload<any>) {
     authorizationHeaderName: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADER_NAME,
     keyId,
     key: actor.privateKey,
-    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN
+    headers: options.hasPayload
+      ? HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITH_PAYLOAD
+      : HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITHOUT_PAYLOAD
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
index af0dd510a..792a73f2a 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/share.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import { map } from 'bluebird'
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoShareModel } from '../../models/video/video-share'
 import { MChannelActorLight, MVideo, MVideoAccountLight, MVideoId } from '../../types/models/video'
-import { getAPId } from './activity'
+import { fetchAP, getAPId } from './activity'
 import { getOrCreateAPActor } from './actors'
 import { sendUndoAnnounce, sendVideoAnnounce } from './send'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost, getLocalVideoAnnounceActivityPubUrl } from './url'
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ export {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 async function addVideoShare (shareUrl: string, video: MVideoId) {
-  const { body } = await doJSONRequest<any>(shareUrl, { activityPub: true })
+  const { body } = await fetchAP<any>(shareUrl)
   if (!body?.actor) throw new Error('Body or body actor is invalid')
 
   const actorUrl = getAPId(body.actor)
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
index 4fdb4e0b7..b861be5bd 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/video-comments.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { map } from 'bluebird'
+
 import { sanitizeAndCheckVideoCommentObject } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '../../helpers/requests'
 import { ACTIVITY_PUB, CRAWL_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY } from '../../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../models/video/video-comment'
 import { MComment, MCommentOwner, MCommentOwnerVideo, MVideoAccountLightBlacklistAllFiles } from '../../types/models/video'
 import { isRemoteVideoCommentAccepted } from '../moderation'
 import { Hooks } from '../plugins/hooks'
+import { fetchAP } from './activity'
 import { getOrCreateAPActor } from './actors'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from './url'
 import { getOrCreateAPVideo } from './videos'
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ async function resolveRemoteParentComment (params: ResolveThreadParams) {
     throw new Error('Recursion limit reached when resolving a thread')
   }
 
-  const { body } = await doJSONRequest<any>(url, { activityPub: true })
+  const { body } = await fetchAP<any>(url)
 
   if (sanitizeAndCheckVideoCommentObject(body) === false) {
     throw new Error(`Remote video comment JSON ${url} is not valid:` + JSON.stringify(body))
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/url-to-object.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/url-to-object.ts
index 5b7007530..7fe008419 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/url-to-object.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/url-to-object.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentObject } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '@server/helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { VideoObject } from '@shared/models'
+import { fetchAP } from '../../activity'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from '../../url'
 
 const lTags = loggerTagsFactory('ap', 'video')
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const lTags = loggerTagsFactory('ap', 'video')
 async function fetchRemoteVideo (videoUrl: string): Promise<{ statusCode: number, videoObject: VideoObject }> {
   logger.info('Fetching remote video %s.', videoUrl, lTags(videoUrl))
 
-  const { statusCode, body } = await doJSONRequest<any>(videoUrl, { activityPub: true })
+  const { statusCode, body } = await fetchAP<any>(videoUrl)
 
   if (sanitizeAndCheckVideoTorrentObject(body) === false || checkUrlsSameHost(body.id, videoUrl) !== true) {
     logger.debug('Remote video JSON is not valid.', { body, ...lTags(videoUrl) })
diff --git a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/video-sync-attributes.ts b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/video-sync-attributes.ts
index aa37f3d34..7fb933559 100644
--- a/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/video-sync-attributes.ts
+++ b/server/lib/activitypub/videos/shared/video-sync-attributes.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { runInReadCommittedTransaction } from '@server/helpers/database-utils'
 import { logger, loggerTagsFactory } from '@server/helpers/logger'
-import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { JobQueue } from '@server/lib/job-queue'
 import { VideoModel } from '@server/models/video/video'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '@server/models/video/video-comment'
 import { VideoShareModel } from '@server/models/video/video-share'
 import { MVideo } from '@server/types/models'
 import { ActivitypubHttpFetcherPayload, ActivityPubOrderedCollection, VideoObject } from '@shared/models'
+import { fetchAP } from '../../activity'
 import { crawlCollectionPage } from '../../crawl'
 import { addVideoShares } from '../../share'
 import { addVideoComments } from '../../video-comments'
@@ -63,17 +63,15 @@ async function getRatesCount (type: 'like' | 'dislike', video: MVideo, fetchedVi
     : fetchedVideo.dislikes
 
   logger.info('Sync %s of video %s', type, video.url)
-  const options = { activityPub: true }
 
-  const response = await doJSONRequest<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<any>>(uri, options)
-  const totalItems = response.body.totalItems
+  const { body } = await fetchAP<ActivityPubOrderedCollection<any>>(uri)
 
-  if (isNaN(totalItems)) {
-    logger.error('Cannot sync %s of video %s, totalItems is not a number', type, video.url, { body: response.body })
+  if (isNaN(body.totalItems)) {
+    logger.error('Cannot sync %s of video %s, totalItems is not a number', type, video.url, { body })
     return
   }
 
-  return totalItems
+  return body.totalItems
 }
 
 function syncShares (video: MVideo, fetchedVideo: VideoObject, isSync: boolean) {
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-cleaner.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-cleaner.ts
index a25f00b0a..6ee9e2429 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-cleaner.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-cleaner.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import {
   isLikeActivityValid
 } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/activity'
 import { sanitizeAndCheckVideoCommentObject } from '@server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/video-comments'
-import { doJSONRequest, PeerTubeRequestError } from '@server/helpers/requests'
+import { PeerTubeRequestError } from '@server/helpers/requests'
 import { AP_CLEANER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
+import { fetchAP } from '@server/lib/activitypub/activity'
 import { checkUrlsSameHost } from '@server/lib/activitypub/url'
 import { Redis } from '@server/lib/redis'
 import { VideoModel } from '@server/models/video/video'
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ async function updateObjectIfNeeded <T> (options: {
   }
 
   try {
-    const { body } = await doJSONRequest<any>(url, { activityPub: true })
+    const { body } = await fetchAP<any>(url)
 
     // If not same id, check same host and update
     if (!body?.id || !bodyValidator(body)) throw new Error(`Body or body id of ${url} is invalid`)
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
index 57ecf0acc..8904d086f 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-broadcast.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export {
 
 async function buildRequestOptions (payload: ActivitypubHttpBroadcastPayload) {
   const body = await computeBody(payload)
-  const httpSignatureOptions = await buildSignedRequestOptions(payload)
+  const httpSignatureOptions = await buildSignedRequestOptions({ signatureActorId: payload.signatureActorId, hasPayload: true })
 
   return {
     method: 'POST' as 'POST',
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
index 9e4e84002..50fca3f94 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/activitypub-http-unicast.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async function processActivityPubHttpUnicast (job: Job) {
   const uri = payload.uri
 
   const body = await computeBody(payload)
-  const httpSignatureOptions = await buildSignedRequestOptions(payload)
+  const httpSignatureOptions = await buildSignedRequestOptions({ signatureActorId: payload.signatureActorId, hasPayload: true })
 
   const options = {
     method: 'POST' as 'POST',
diff --git a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
index 31ebc89b4..8e87361a9 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/activitypub/security.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ async function makeFollowRequest (to: { url: string }, by: { url: string, privat
     authorizationHeaderName: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADER_NAME,
     keyId: by.url,
     key: by.privateKey,
-    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN
+    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITH_PAYLOAD
   }
   const headers = {
     'digest': buildDigest(body),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Test ActivityPub security', function () {
     authorizationHeaderName: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADER_NAME,
     keyId: 'acct:peertube@' + servers[1].host,
     key: keys.privateKey,
-    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN
+    headers: HTTP_SIGNATURE.HEADERS_TO_SIGN_WITH_PAYLOAD
   })
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml b/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
index 0058cbd64..7ac794909 100644
--- a/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
+++ b/support/docker/production/config/custom-environment-variables.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ webserver:
     __name: "PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_HTTPS"
     __format: "json"
 
+federation:
+  sign_federated_fetches:
+    __name: "PEERTUBE_SIGN_FEDERATED_FETCHES"
+    __format: "json"
+
 secrets:
   peertube: "PEERTUBE_SECRET"