# Bluesky Posts, Profiles & Search Scraper (AT Protocol) (`arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Arthur](https://apify.com/arthursbuisness) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 row (post or profile)s

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?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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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.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Bluesky Posts, Profiles & Search Scraper (AT Protocol)

Export **Bluesky** data through the public AT Protocol API — no login, no browser, no proxies, fast and cheap:

- **Account posts** (`authorFeed`): every post of one or more accounts, with engagement counts, links, images, hashtags, mentions, reply/repost flags — optionally only since a date.
- **Profiles** (`profile`): follower/following/post counts, bio, avatar, creation date.
- **Threads** (`thread`): a post plus its replies (configurable depth).
- **Account search** (`searchActors`): find accounts by keyword.

### What you get

One dataset row per post or profile:

| field | description |
|---|---|
| `type` | `post`, `profile` or `error` |
| `uri`, `cid`, `url` | AT URI, content hash and the clickable bsky.app URL |
| `handle`, `did`, `display_name` | author |
| `text`, `created_at`, `indexed_at`, `langs` | content |
| `likes`, `reposts`, `replies`, `quotes` | engagement counts |
| `is_reply`, `reply_to_uri`, `is_repost` | context flags |
| `embed_type`, `images`, `external_link`, `external_title`, `quoted_uri` | media & embeds |
| `links`, `mentions`, `hashtags`, `labels` | rich-text facets and moderation labels |
| profile rows: `followers`, `follows`, `posts`, `description`, `avatar`, `banner`, `created_at` | |
| `error` | set on rows for unknown handles/posts — **never billed** |

### Input

| field | default | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `mode` | authorFeed | authorFeed / profile / thread / searchActors |
| `handles` | — | accounts (handles or profile URLs) |
| `postUrls` | — | posts for thread mode |
| `queries` | — | keywords for searchActors |
| `maxItems` | 100 | rows per target |
| `since` | "" | only posts at/after this ISO date (authorFeed) |
| `includeReposts` / `includeReplies` | true | keep reposts / replies |
| `feedFilter` | posts\_with\_replies | AT Protocol feed filter |
| `threadDepth` | 6 | reply depth in thread mode |

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0005 per stored row**. Error rows are stored for transparency but **not charged**.

### Limitations (honest)

- **Keyword search of posts is not available**: Bluesky now requires authentication for `searchPosts`, and this Actor deliberately runs without any account. Use `authorFeed` + `since` for monitoring specific accounts, or `searchActors` to find accounts.
- Only public data; blocked/private accounts return an error row.
- Counts are as reported by the Bluesky AppView at fetch time.

# Actor input Schema

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

authorFeed = posts of accounts (handles); profile = account profiles (handles); thread = a post with its replies (postUrls); searchActors = find accounts by keyword (queries).

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

Account handles (bsky.app, @user.bsky.social) or profile URLs. Used by authorFeed and profile modes.

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Post URLs (https://bsky.app/profile/<handle>/post/<id>) or at:// URIs. Used by thread mode.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to find accounts. Used by searchActors mode.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows per handle/query/thread (cost control).

## `since` (type: `string`):

Only posts created at or after this date/time, e.g. 2026-08-01 (authorFeed mode).

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

Keep reposts in the account feed (marked is\_repost).

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

Keep the account's replies in the feed (marked is\_reply).

## `feedFilter` (type: `string`):

AT Protocol feed filter for authorFeed.

## `threadDepth` (type: `integer`):

How many reply levels to fetch in thread mode (max 1000 posts per thread).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "authorFeed",
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "postUrls": [],
  "queries": [],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "since": "",
  "includeReposts": true,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "feedFilter": "posts_with_replies",
  "threadDepth": 6
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All items as JSON

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

Same dataset as CSV — open in Excel/Sheets

# 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("arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-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("arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-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 arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,arthursbuisness/bluesky-posts-profiles-search-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/JmE8ImC6X4KKX03h1/builds/AkfwbZWEI7eZwE4Bo/openapi.json