Bluesky Follow Scraper

What is Bluesky Follow Scraper?

Bluesky Follow Scraper automates the extraction of follow data from Bluesky. Just add one or more Bluesky handles to get all the publicly available follow data you need.

Why scrape Bluesky follows?

Bluesky follow data can give you valuable information about user interests, help you analyze follow networks, track influencer connections, learn how to improve your Bluesky performance, or keep an eye on competing accounts' follow patterns.

How to scrape Bluesky follows

Bluesky Follow Scraper is designed to be fast and easy to use so there aren't too many parameters or settings. Just follow the steps below:

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open Bluesky Follow Scraper.
3. Add one or more Bluesky handles to scrape follows from.
4. Click "Save & Start" and wait for the datasets to be extracted.
5. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

Input example

The input for Bluesky Follow Scraper should be a Bluesky user handle. You can add one or multiple user handles.

Here's a sample of scraping the follows of the official Bluesky profile.

In JSON it looks like this:

{
  "identifiers": ["bsky.app"],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output example

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get:

Here is the same data but in JSON. You can download the dataset extracted by Bluesky Follow Scraper in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
  "did": "did:plc:example123456789",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "handle": "johndoe.bsky.social",
  "description": "Software developer and tech enthusiast",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:example123456789/bafkreihagr2cmvl2jt4mgx3sppwe2it3fwolkrbtjrhcnwjk4jdijhsoze@jpeg",
  "createdAt": "2023-06-15T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Integrate Bluesky Follow Scraper and automate your workflow

Last but not least, Bluesky Follow Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make
• Zapier
• Slack
• Airbyte
• GitHub
• Google Drive
• and much more.

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs. For example, you can get a notification whenever Bluesky Follow Scraper successfully finishes a run.

Want to scrape Bluesky posts, profiles, or followers?

You can use the other dedicated scrapers below if you want to scrape specific Bluesky data. You'll have fewer settings to change and faster results. Just enter one or more Bluesky handles or URLs and click to scrape.

Bluesky Post Scraper	Bluesky Profile Scraper
Bluesky Follow Scraper	Bluesky Follower Scraper
Bluesky Video Downloader

Your feedback

We're always working on improving our Actors' performance. If you have any technical feedback for Bluesky Follow Scraper or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

FAQ

How can I use Bluesky Follow Scraper with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Check out the Apify API reference docs for full details or click on the Bluesky Follow Scraper API tab for code examples.

How much does it cost to use Bluesky Follow Scraper?

Bluesky Follow Scraper uses the Pay-per-result pricing model, so your costs can be easily calculated: it will cost you $1.5 to scrape 1,000 results, so $0.0015 per item.

Given that with the Apify Free plan, you get $5 in credits monthly for free, this tool might be your best free Bluesky follow scraper of all.