diff --git a/source/ap/activity_stream.d b/source/ap/activity_stream.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7895b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/ap/activity_stream.d
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+module ap.activity_stream;
+
+import std.json;
+
+import util;
+
+/++ 
+ * Basic ActivityStream Object
+ * https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#obj
+ +/
+class ASObject {
+  string context; /// Must be activitystream context
+  string id; /// AP requirement for unique identifier
+  string type; /// AP requirement for type of object
+
+  JSONValue raw;
+
+  /++ 
+   + Constructs the object according to json source
+   + Params:
+   +   json = the source json
+   + Returns: Object
+   +/
+  this(JSONValue json) {
+    with (this) {
+      const(JSONValue)* ascontext = "@context" in json;
+
+      if (ascontext == null)
+        throw new Exception("No context in ActivityStream Object");
+
+      switch ((*ascontext).type) {
+      case JSONType.ARRAY:
+        context = (*ascontext)[0].str;
+        break;
+
+      case JSONType.STRING:
+        context = (*ascontext).str;
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        throw new Exception("Invalid @context type for ActivityStream Object");
+      }
+
+      id = json.requiredKey!"id".str;
+      type = json.requiredKey!"type".str;
+
+      raw = json;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/source/ap/actor.d b/source/ap/actor.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dbef71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/ap/actor.d
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+module ap.actor;
+
+import std.json;
+
+import ap.activity_stream;
+import util;
+
+/++ 
+ * Represents an ActivityPub Actor
+ * https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#actors
+ +/
+class Actor : ASObject {
+  /* Required fields */
+  string inbox; /// Link to messages received by this actor. Required
+  string outbox; /// Link to messages produced by this actor. Required
+  string following; /// Link to a collection of the actors that this actor is following. Required
+  string followers; /// Link to a collection of the actors that follow this actor. Required
+
+  /* Optional fields */
+  string liked; /// Link to a collection of objects this actor has liked
+  string streams; /// Supplementary list of Collections of interest
+  string preferredUsername; /// A short username for referencing this actor
+  ActorEndpoints endpoints; /// Useful endpoints for this actor
+
+  JSONValue raw;
+
+  /++ 
+   + Creates an Actor object based on its json representation
+   + Params:
+   +   json = ActivityPub actor JSON representation
+   +/
+  this(JSONValue json) {
+    super(json);
+
+    with (this) {
+      inbox = json.requiredKey!"inbox".str;
+      outbox = json.requiredKey!"outbox".str;
+      following = json.requiredKey!"following".str;
+      followers = json.requiredKey!"followers".str;
+
+      liked = json.checkKey!string("liked");
+      streams = json.checkKey!string("streams");
+      preferredUsername = json.checkKey!string("preferredUsername");
+
+      if (JSONValue* j = "endpoints" in json)
+        endpoints = ActorEndpoints.fromJson(*j);
+      else
+        endpoints = ActorEndpoints();
+
+      raw = json;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+struct ActorEndpoints {
+  string proxyUrl;
+  string oauthAuthorizationEndpoint;
+  string oauthTokenEndpoint;
+  string provideClientKey;
+  string signClientKey;
+  string sharedInbox;
+
+  static ActorEndpoints fromJson(JSONValue json) {
+    ActorEndpoints endpoints = ActorEndpoints();
+
+    with (endpoints) {
+      proxyUrl = json.checkKey!string("proxyUrl");
+      oauthAuthorizationEndpoint = json.checkKey!string("oauthAuthorizationEndpoint");
+      oauthTokenEndpoint = json.checkKey!string("oauthTokenEndpoint");
+      provideClientKey = json.checkKey!string("provideClientKey");
+      signClientKey = json.checkKey!string("signClientKey");
+      sharedInbox = json.checkKey!string("sharedInbox");
+    }
+
+    return endpoints;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/source/ap/errors.d b/source/ap/errors.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc63fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/ap/errors.d
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module ap.errors;
+
+/++ 
+ * Base exception for ActivityPub
+ +/
+class APException : Exception {
+  this(string msg) {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/source/util.d b/source/util.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6612cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/util.d
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module util;
+
+import std.format;
+import std.json;
+
+JSONValue requiredKey(string key)(JSONValue val) {
+  const(JSONValue)* j = key in val;
+
+  if (j)
+    return *j;
+
+  throw new Exception(format("Key %s not found in json", key));
+}
+
+T checkKey(T)(JSONValue val, string key) {
+  if (JSONValue* j = key in val)
+    return (*j).get!T;
+
+  return T.init;
+}
diff --git a/source/webfinger.d b/source/webfinger.d
index c917b3a..998bd14 100644
--- a/source/webfinger.d
+++ b/source/webfinger.d
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PRequest buildRequest(string uri, string[string] params) {
   PRequest rq = PRequest();
 
   rq.method = "GET";
-  rq.url = format("http://%s/.well-known/webfinger", uri);
+  rq.url = format("https://%s/.well-known/webfinger", uri);
   rq.headers["Accept"] = AcceptedWebfingerContentType;
 
   QueryParam[] p;
@@ -49,3 +49,12 @@ JSONValue requestAcct(string uri, string acct) {
 
   return parseJSON(rs.responseBody().toString());
 }
+
+JSONValue requestAcct(string handle) {
+  string uri, acct;
+
+  uri = handle.split("@")[$ - 1];
+  acct = handle.split("@")[$ - 2];
+
+  return requestAcct(uri, acct);
+}