# Bluesky hiring companies scraper (`bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-scraper`) Actor

Searches Bluesky for hiring posts using phrases like "we're hiring" and "join our team." Extracts company names, handles, post text, apply links, and engagement stats — no login required. Great for sourcing leads, recruiting research, tracking job market trends, and talent outreach effort.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Biddut Hossain](https://apify.com/bornoo) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Automation, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 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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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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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Bluesky Hiring Companies Scraper

Apify Actor (Python) that searches Bluesky for hiring-related posts
(e.g. "we're hiring", "now hiring", "join our team") using Bluesky's
public, no-login-required search API, and outputs the company/author,
post text, links, and engagement stats to the Apify dataset.

### Input

See `.actor/input_schema.json`. Key fields:

- `searchTerms` — list of phrases to search for.
- `maxPostsPerTerm` — cap per phrase (Bluesky paginates 100 at a time).
- `onlyWithLinks` — only keep posts containing a link (often the apply link).
- `language` — restrict to one language code, e.g. `en`.

### Output

Each dataset item looks like:

```json
{
  "matchedSearchTerm": "we're hiring",
  "company": "Acme Inc",
  "handle": "acme.bsky.social",
  "authorProfileUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/acme.bsky.social",
  "postText": "We're hiring a backend engineer! Apply: ...",
  "postUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/acme.bsky.social/post/abc123",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "likeCount": 12,
  "repostCount": 3,
  "replyCount": 1,
  "links": ["https://acme.com/careers"],
  "language": "en"
}
```

### Local run

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run
```

### Deploy to Apify

```bash
apify login
apify push
```

# Actor input Schema

## `blueskyUsername` (type: `string`):

Your Bluesky handle or email, e.g. yourname.bsky.social

## `blueskyAppPassword` (type: `string`):

An app password generated from Bluesky Settings > App Passwords. Do NOT use your main account password.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

List of search phrases to look for on Bluesky

## `maxPostsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of posts to fetch for each search query

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "we're hiring",
    "we are hiring",
    "now hiring",
    "join our team",
    "open role",
    "open position",
    "hiring engineers",
    "hiring designers"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerQuery": 50
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "we're hiring",
        "we are hiring",
        "now hiring",
        "join our team",
        "open role",
        "open position",
        "hiring engineers",
        "hiring designers"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-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 = { "searchQueries": [
        "we're hiring",
        "we are hiring",
        "now hiring",
        "join our team",
        "open role",
        "open position",
        "hiring engineers",
        "hiring designers",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "we'\''re hiring",
    "we are hiring",
    "now hiring",
    "join our team",
    "open role",
    "open position",
    "hiring engineers",
    "hiring designers"
  ]
}' |
apify call bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bornoo/bluesky-hiring-companies-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/psZ5OwGrWCbGxUvP1/builds/Yebhby1UdiDtPNOvH/openapi.json