diff --git a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
index 6fbebdd5e8..be7e21592b 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ package activitypub
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/activitypub"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/forgefed"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -19,47 +19,6 @@ import (
 	//f3 "lab.forgefriends.org/friendlyforgeformat/gof3"
 )
 
-type (
-	Schema string
-	UserID string
-	Host   string
-	Port   string
-)
-
-type ActorData struct {
-	schema string
-	userId string
-	host   string
-	port   string // optional
-}
-
-func parseActor(actor string) (ActorData, error) {
-	u, err := url.Parse(actor)
-
-	// check if userID IRI is well formed url
-	if err != nil {
-		return ActorData{}, fmt.Errorf("the actor ID was not valid: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
-		return ActorData{}, fmt.Errorf("the actor ID was not valid: Invalid Schema or Host")
-	}
-
-	if !strings.Contains(u.Path, "api/v1/activitypub/user-id") {
-		return ActorData{}, fmt.Errorf("the Path to the API was invalid: %v\n the full URL is: %v", u.Path, actor)
-	}
-
-	pathWithUserID := strings.Split(u.Path, "/")
-	userId := pathWithUserID[len(pathWithUserID)-1]
-
-	return ActorData{
-		schema: u.Scheme,
-		userId: userId,
-		host:   u.Host,
-		port:   u.Port(),
-	}, nil
-}
-
 // Repository function returns the Repository actor for a repo
 func Repository(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	// swagger:operation GET /activitypub/repository-id/{repository-id} activitypub activitypubRepository
@@ -119,9 +78,16 @@ func RepositoryInbox(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 
 	// assume actor is: "actor": "https://codeberg.org/api/v1/activitypub/user-id/12345" - NB: This might be actually the ID? Maybe check vocabulary.
 	// parse actor
-	actor, err := parseActor(opt.Actor.GetID().String())
+	actor, err := activitypub.ParseActor(opt.Actor.GetID().String())
+
+	// Is the actor IRI well formed?
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// Is the ActorData Struct valid?
+	err = actor.ValidateActor()
 
-	// if not actor.isValid() then exit_with_error
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}