1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 473675d..8c0c423 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,30 @@ xs_dict *msg_actor(snac *snac)
     }
 
     /* add the metadata as attachments of PropertyValue */
-    const xs_dict *metadata = xs_dict_get(snac->config, "metadata");
+    xs *metadata = NULL;
+    const xs_dict *md = xs_dict_get(snac->config, "metadata");
+
+    if (xs_type(md) == XSTYPE_DICT)
+        metadata = xs_dup(md);
+    else
+    if (xs_type(md) == XSTYPE_STRING) {
+        metadata = xs_dict_new();
+        xs *l = xs_split(md, "\r\n");
+        const char *ll;
+
+        xs_list_foreach(l, ll) {
+            xs *kv = xs_split_n(ll, "=", 1);
+            const char *k = xs_list_get(kv, 0);
+            const char *v = xs_list_get(kv, 1);
+
+            if (k && v) {
+                xs *kk = xs_strip_i(xs_dup(k));
+                xs *vv = xs_strip_i(xs_dup(v));
+                metadata = xs_dict_set(metadata, kk, vv);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (xs_type(metadata) == XSTYPE_DICT) {
         xs *attach = xs_list_new();
         const xs_str *k;