Bluesky Posts Scraper

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Scrape posts from Bluesky social network using the public AT Protocol API — no API key or login required.

Search by keyword, hashtag, or scrape any user's feed. Collect post text, engagement metrics, URLs, hashtags, image indicators, and language data.

Features

• Keyword & hashtag search — find posts matching any query (e.g. bitcoin, #crypto, AI news)
• User feed scraping — collect all recent posts from any public Bluesky account
• Language filtering — restrict results to specific languages (e.g. en, ko, ja)
• Date filtering — only collect posts on or after a specific date
• Sort control — sort search results by latest or top engagement
• No auth needed — uses the public https://public.api.bsky.app AppView endpoint
• Rate-limit safe — built-in semaphore (3 concurrent) + request delays stay under the 3000 req/5 min limit

Use Cases

• Social media monitoring and brand tracking
• Crypto / Web3 community sentiment analysis
• Research and journalism
• Competitive intelligence
• Trend detection and hashtag analysis

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search or user_feed
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword or hashtag (mode=search)
userHandle	string	—	Bluesky handle (mode=user_feed), e.g. bsky.app
maxPosts	integer	100	Max posts to collect (up to 1000)
lang	string	—	Language filter, e.g. en, ko
since	string	—	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
sort	string	latest	Sort search: latest or top

Output

Each scraped post is stored in the dataset with the following fields:

{
  "uri": "at://did:plc:abc123/.../xyz",
  "cid": "bafyrei...",
  "author_handle": "user.bsky.social",
  "author_display_name": "User Name",
  "text": "Post content here #bluesky",
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "likes": 42,
  "reposts": 10,
  "replies": 5,
  "has_image": false,
  "urls": ["https://example.com/article"],
  "tags": ["bluesky", "web3"],
  "language": "en"
}

Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.005 (one-time)
Per post scraped	$0.003

Scraping 100 posts costs approximately $0.305 ($0.005 start + $0.30 posts).

API Reference

This actor uses the public Bluesky AppView API:

• Search: GET https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.searchPosts
• User feed: GET https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed

No authentication is required for public data. The public API allows ~3000 requests per 5 minutes.

Examples

Search for crypto posts in English

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "#crypto",
  "maxPosts": 200,
  "lang": "en",
  "sort": "top"
}

Scrape a user's recent posts

{
  "mode": "user_feed",
  "userHandle": "jack.bsky.social",
  "maxPosts": 100
}

Search posts since a specific date

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "ethereum ETF",
  "maxPosts": 500,
  "since": "2026-08-01",
  "sort": "latest"
}

Related Keywords

Bluesky scraper, AT Protocol scraper, Bluesky posts API, Bluesky data extraction, social media scraper, decentralized social scraper, Bluesky search API, atproto scraper