# Bluesky Profile & Posts Scraper - Followers, Posts & Engagement (`aolmo/bluesky-profile`) Actor

Public Bluesky profiles and their posts without login: followers, follows, bio and avatar, plus up to 1,000 posts with likes, reposts, replies, quotes, text, date, images, video and links. Replies and reposts optional. New posts flagged on scheduled runs. $0.0005 per post.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/bluesky-profile.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 post scrapeds

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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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

Scrape public Bluesky profiles and their posts without login, API key or browser. Give handles or profile URLs and get the profile (followers, follows, posts count, bio, avatar, banner, creation date) and one row per post with likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks, text, date, language, images, video thumbnail, link cards and quoted posts, newest first, up to 1,000 posts per profile. Replies and reposts are optional. Schedule it and new posts are flagged. Social listening, creator research, brand monitoring and dataset building at $0.0005 per post.

The Actor uses the public AT Protocol endpoints every Bluesky client reads (`public.api.bsky.app`), so it is fast and puts no account at risk. Post search needs a session and is not included.

### What you get

**Post** (one row each): `uri`, `url`, `cid`, `text`, `createdAt`, `likes`, `reposts`, `replies`, `quotes`, `bookmarks`, `langs`, `isReply`, `isRepost`, `repostedFrom`, `authorHandle`, `authorDisplayName`, `images`, `videoThumbnail`, `externalUrl`, `externalTitle`, `quotedUri`.

**Profile** on every row: `profileHandle`, `profileUrl`, `profileDisplayName`, `profileDid`, `followers`, `follows`, `postsCount`. With **Max posts** set to 0 (or an account without posts) you get a single profile row with `description`, `avatar`, `banner` and `profileCreatedAt`.

**Changes** on scheduled runs: `isNew` is true for posts that were not in the previous run of the same profile.

Profiles that do not exist or are suspended return a row with an `error` field and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Add **Handles or profile URLs**, one per line (up to 1,000 per run): `bsky.app`, `name.bsky.social`, `@name.bsky.social`, `did:plc:...` or `https://bsky.app/profile/name.bsky.social`.
3. Set **Max posts per profile** and choose whether to include replies and reposts.
4. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
5. Schedule the Actor to be notified when an account posts.

### Input

```json
{
  "handles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team"],
  "maxPosts": 50,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeReposts": false
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "profileHandle": "bsky.app",
  "profileUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app",
  "profileDisplayName": "Bluesky",
  "followers": 4200000,
  "follows": 12,
  "postsCount": 980,
  "uri": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfsmerpmk2z",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3myfsmerpmk2z",
  "text": "New in the app today...",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-21T18:44:55.442Z",
  "likes": 522,
  "reposts": 45,
  "replies": 33,
  "quotes": 10,
  "langs": ["en"],
  "images": ["https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/..."],
  "isReply": false,
  "isRepost": false,
  "isNew": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-10-22T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0005 per post** and **$0.001 per new post** detected on a scheduled run. A profile without posts counts as one post; accounts that cannot be read are free. The 100 latest posts of 50 accounts cost $2.50.

### Limits and notes

- Counters are live values from the network at the time of the run.
- The author feed lists posts newest first; pages of 100 are read until **Max posts**.
- Keyword search of posts requires a Bluesky session and is not offered.

### Related Actors

- **Threads Profile Scraper**, **X (Twitter) Profile Scraper**, **Instagram Profile Scraper**: the same for other networks.
- **Telegram Channel Scraper**: posts of public Telegram channels.

# Actor input Schema

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

One per line: bsky.app, name.bsky.social, @name.bsky.social, a did:plc:... or https://bsky.app/profile/name.bsky.social. Up to 1,000 per run.

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Newest first, up to 1,000. 0 returns the profile only. Also caps what you pay per profile.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Also return the replies the account wrote.

## `includeReposts` (type: `boolean`):

Also return posts the account reposted (repostedFrom names the original author).

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 20,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeReposts": false,
  "product": "bluesky-profile"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# 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"
    ],
    "maxPosts": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/bluesky-profile").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"],
    "maxPosts": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/bluesky-profile").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"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 20
}' |
apify call aolmo/bluesky-profile --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/cDAgNJZs3cLAzYTvj/builds/BoHENkwcma3xHAHTA/openapi.json