# Bluesky Scraper (`0xgollum/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Extract Bluesky profiles, posts, followers/following and search results via the AT Protocol - no login needed except for keyword post search.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/0xgollum/bluesky-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [0xGollum](https://apify.com/0xgollum) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Bluesky Scraper

Extract Bluesky profiles, posts, followers/following and search results via the AT Protocol.

Unlike most social platforms, Bluesky's public API needs **no login, no proxy, no cookies** for
profiles, a user's posts, followers/following, and account search — verified live before this
actor was built. The one exception is **keyword post search**, which Bluesky itself requires a
logged-in session for (not a wall we're working around) — supply a Bluesky
[App Password](https://bsky.app/settings/app-passwords) (never your real account password) to
unlock it.

### What a row looks like

Profile (`mode: "profiles"`):

```json
{
  "type": "profile",
  "handle": "bsky.app",
  "did": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
  "display_name": "Bluesky",
  "description": "official Bluesky account...",
  "followers_count": 34864572,
  "follows_count": 15,
  "posts_count": 863,
  "created_at": "2023-04-12T04:53:57.057Z"
}
```

Post (`mode: "posts"` or `"search_posts"`), follower/following relation (`mode: "followers"`/
`"following"`), and account search result (`mode: "search_accounts"`) rows follow the same
flat shape — see `## Output` below for one example of each.

### Modes

| Mode | Needs | Login required? |
|---|---|---|
| `profiles` | `handles` | No |
| `posts` | `handles` | No |
| `followers` | `handles` | No |
| `following` | `handles` | No |
| `search_accounts` | `search_term` | No |
| `search_posts` | `search_term` + `bluesky_identifier` + `bluesky_app_password` | **Yes** |

`handles` accepts a bare handle (`bsky.app`), an `@handle`, or a full profile URL.

### Output

- **profile** row: see above.
- **post** row: `uri`, `cid`, `author_handle`, `text`, `created_at`, `is_reply`, `like_count`,
  `repost_count`, `reply_count`, `quote_count`.
- **relation** row (followers/following): `relation` (`follower_of`/`follows`), `source_handle`,
  `handle`, `display_name`.
- **search\_actor** row: same shape as a profile row.

### Free preview

Runs on the free Apify tier are capped at 25 rows. Raise `max_results` once you need the full feed.

### Limits, honestly

- `search_posts` requires a Bluesky account and an App Password — it's the only mode that does,
  because Bluesky's own API requires it (confirmed live: the public endpoint returns 403, the
  authenticated endpoint returns 401 "AuthMissing" until a session token is supplied).
- A handle/term that fails is skipped and never billed — check the run log for what was skipped
  and why.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

profiles/posts/followers/following need 'Handles'. search\_accounts/search\_posts need 'Search term'. search\_posts additionally needs a Bluesky App Password (Bluesky itself requires a logged-in session for keyword post search - no way around it).

## `handles` (type: `array`):

Bluesky handles (e.g. "bsky.app" or "@bsky.app") or full profile URLs. Used by profiles/posts/followers/following modes.

## `search_term` (type: `string`):

Keyword used by search\_accounts/search\_posts modes.

## `bluesky_identifier` (type: `string`):

Your Bluesky handle or email, used only to log in for keyword post search. Never your final account's real password below - use an App Password.

## `bluesky_app_password` (type: `string`):

Generate one in the Bluesky app: Settings > App Passwords. Scoped and revocable - never your real account password.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows returned per run (spread across handles for posts/followers/following). The free preview is capped at 25.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "max_results": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "handles": [
        "bsky.app"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("0xgollum/bluesky-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "handles": ["bsky.app"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("0xgollum/bluesky-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ]
}' |
apify call 0xgollum/bluesky-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,0xgollum/bluesky-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rGqbeQesWLwfF5eHE/builds/GDus8h4N3czZxjwqs/openapi.json