Bluesky Scraper — Profiles, Posts, Search, No Login

Get posts from any Bluesky profile — text, likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks, images, videos, link cards, quoted posts and the profile's follower stats — as JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight into your own tools via API. Profiles and single posts need no login; full-text search is available with your own Bluesky app password.

Built on Bluesky's public AT Protocol API, so the numbers are exact and nothing is scraped from HTML.

Why this Actor

• Exact numbers from Bluesky's public API — likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks
• Profiles, single posts and (with your app password) full-text search
• Images, videos, link cards, quoted posts, links, mentions and hashtags in one schema
• No login for profiles and posts; a revocable app password only for search
• Checked every day by an automated run

Sample output

One item of the dataset (long values shortened):

{
  "author": {
    "did": "did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp",
    "handle": "avclub.com",
    "displayName": "The A.V. Club",
    "avatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp/bafkreietpdfkwurg74xbzzu3inipcco5635adp4o2ew7bioiahgmqutvbi"
  },
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/avclub.com/post/3mviutosqmk2t",
  "text": "Less than 4 hours until the #Emmys kick off! You can keep up with all the commentary, winners, joy—and, let's face it, disappointment—via…",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-14T19:47:12.655Z",
  "likes": 503,
  "reposts": 36,
  "replies": 26,
  "quotes": 4,
  "images": [
    {
      "url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp/bafkreicwxzp6lnqvuetiytyeanq3wynihsneq4qqdvv7bzhkrmw4nv36oy",
      "thumbnail": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kwxpje5qog6wwndagwbssatp/bafkreicwxzp6lnqvuetiytyeanq3wynihsneq4qqdvv7bzhkrmw4nv36oy",
      "alt": null,
      "width": 1233,
      "height": 800
    }
  ],
  "external": null,
  "hashtags": [
    "#Emmys"
  ]
}

What you get

Field	Description
source, query	profile, post or search (+ the query)
uri, cid, url	AT URI, content hash and the bsky.app link
author	{ did, handle, displayName, avatar }
profile	The profile whose feed the post came from: handle, followers, following, post count, bio, join date
text, createdAt, indexedAt, langs	The post itself
likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks	Engagement at scrape time
isReply, replyTo	Reply flag and the parent post (uri, url, author, text)
isRepost, repostedBy	Reposts in the profile's feed, with who reposted
images, video, external, quotedPost	Media (full-size + thumbnail + alt), video playlist, link card, quoted post
links, mentions, hashtags	From the post's rich-text facets

Posts come newest first per profile and are deduplicated across the run. A per-target summary (handle, followers, posts fetched, errors) is saved to the key-value store as SUMMARY.

Input

• Profiles or posts — bsky.app, @apify.com, a DID, https://bsky.app/profile/apify.com, or a single post URL.
• Max posts, Only posts newer than (2026-01-31 or 30 days), Include replies, Include reposts.
• Search queries — optional. Bluesky answers full-text search only for logged-in accounts, so add your handle and an app password (Settings → Privacy and security → App passwords; revocable, not your main password; Apify stores it encrypted). Operators: from:handle, "exact phrase", #hashtag; sort by latest or top; optional language filter.

Limits and notes

• Followers/following lists are not collected — this Actor is about content, not people.
• Videos come as HLS playlists (.m3u8) plus a thumbnail, exactly as Bluesky serves them.
• The public API allows about 3,000 requests per 5 minutes per IP; the Actor paces itself well below that.
• Public data only; the Actor stores nothing beyond the dataset of your run.

Input example

{
  "profiles": [
    "bsky.app",
    "https://bsky.app/profile/apify.com"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "postedAfter": "90 days",
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeReposts": false,
  "searchSort": "latest"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay per post — no subscription, no minimum, no charge for platform usage.

Volume	Price
1,000 posts	$0.50
10,000 posts	$5.00
100,000 posts	$50.00

The Apify free plan includes $5 of usage every month — about 10,000 posts with this Actor, no card needed. Nothing else is charged: platform usage is included in the price.

Use it from code, n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent

Run the Actor and download the dataset in one call (JSON by default; add &format=csv or xlsx):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/chorelet~bluesky-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"profiles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/apify.com"], "maxPosts": 100, "postedAfter": "90 days", "includeReplies": false, "includeReposts": false, "searchSort": "latest"}'

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("chorelet/bluesky-posts-scraper").call(run_input={"profiles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/apify.com"], "maxPosts": 100, "postedAfter": "90 days", "includeReplies": false, "includeReposts": false, "searchSort": "latest"})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

• n8n, Make, Zapier — use the Apify node/module: run the Actor, then "get dataset items".
• Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks — add an integration on the run's Integrations tab.
• AI agents — the Actor is available as a tool through the Apify MCP server; the dataset schema describes every field for the model.
• Schedules — run it hourly, daily or weekly from the Schedules tab.

FAQ

Do I need a Bluesky account?

Not for profiles and posts. Full-text search is the one thing Bluesky only answers for logged-in accounts, so for search you add your handle and an app password (Settings → Privacy and security → App passwords).

Is my app password safe?

It is stored encrypted by Apify, used only to call the search endpoint, and you can revoke it in Bluesky at any time. Never use your main password.

Can I get replies and reposts?

Yes — includeReplies and includeReposts; reposts carry repostedBy.

How far back can I go?

The whole feed of a profile, 100 posts per page; use postedAfter (30 days) or maxPosts to limit it.

What does a run cost?

$0.50 per 1,000 posts. The free plan's $5 a month covers about 10,000 posts.

Support

Questions, missing fields or a source that changed? Open an issue on the Issues tab or write to support@chorelet.app — problems are usually fixed within a day, and the Actor is checked every morning by an automated test run. If the Actor saved you time, a short review on its Store page helps other people find it.