# Bluesky Posts & Profiles Scraper: Public Feeds to Data (`lepidata/bluesky-posts`) Actor

Export public Bluesky posts and profiles by handle or post link: post text, dates, like, repost, reply and quote counts, links, and profile follower counts. Uses only Bluesky's public AppView API. Unofficial.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lepidata/bluesky-posts.md
- **Developed by:** [Lepi Data](https://apify.com/lepidata) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 bluesky posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Bluesky Posts & Profiles Scraper

*Unofficial tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bluesky Social, PBC. Content may since have been deleted on Bluesky.*

Export public Bluesky posts and profiles as one row per record. It's for social media managers, researchers, journalists and brands who want to track public accounts, archive their own posts or analyse engagement.

**Input:** Bluesky handles, DIDs or profile links (and optionally links to single posts), plus a mode: posts, profiles or both.

**Output (posts):** text, created date, language, reply, repost, like and quote counts, reply and repost flags, embed type, linked URL, image alt texts and a link to the post. **Output (profiles):** handle, display name, bio, follower, following and post counts, and created date.

Every row carries the note "Content may since have been deleted on Bluesky." Posts and profiles can be deleted or edited after the run.

### Bluesky input

- `handles`: handles (`bsky.app`, `name.bsky.social`), DIDs or `https://bsky.app/profile/...` links, up to 200
- `postUrls`: links to single posts, up to 1,000
- `mode`: `posts` (default), `profiles` or `both`
- `maxPostsPerProfile`: newest first, default 100
- `postsFrom`: YYYY-MM-DD
- `includeReplies`, `includeReposts`: off by default
- `maxResults`: up to 20,000

Keyword search is not offered: Bluesky's public API does not allow unauthenticated post search.

### Output fields

Post rows: `uri`, `url`, `authorHandle`, `authorDisplayName`, `authorDid`, `text`, `createdAt`, `indexedAt`, `langs`, `replyCount`, `repostCount`, `likeCount`, `quoteCount`, `isReply`, `replyToUri`, `isRepost`, `embedType`, `externalLink`, `imageCount`, `imageAlts`, `note`

Profile rows: `did`, `handle`, `displayName`, `description`, `followersCount`, `followsCount`, `postsCount`, `createdAt`, `profileUrl`, `note`

Emails and phone numbers are removed from profile bios.

Free status rows (not charged): `not-found`, `skipped-account`, `no-results`, `invalid-input`, `api-error`, `free-plan-limit`, `charge-limit-reached`.

**Example:** `{"handles":["bsky.app"],"mode":"both","maxPostsPerProfile":10,"maxResults":20}`

### Data source and compliance

- Source: Bluesky's public AppView API (public.api.bsky.app). No login, no key, one request at a time, and it backs off when the API says to slow down (HTTP 429).
- Public posts and profiles only. No direct messages, no private data and no follower or following lists.
- Accounts that ask not to be shown to logged-out viewers are skipped (free `skipped-account` row).
- No Bluesky logos are used.
- Free-plan accounts get up to 100 results per run.

**Pricing.** Pay per result: $0.30 per 1,000 posts ($0.0003 each) and $0.80 per 1,000 profiles ($0.0008 each), the same price on every plan, no start fee. Free status rows are never charged.

# Actor input Schema

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

Bluesky handles (bsky.app, name.bsky.social), DIDs (did:plc:...) or profile links (https://bsky.app/profile/name). Up to 200.

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

Optional links to individual posts, e.g. https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l. Up to 1,000.

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

For each handle: return its recent posts, its profile, or both.

## `maxPostsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

Newest posts first.

## `postsFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Only posts created on or after this date.

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

Also return the account's replies to others.

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

Also return posts the account reposted (flagged isRepost).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Total post + profile rows, up to 20,000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "mode": "both",
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeReposts": false,
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

All rows from this run.

# 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"
    ],
    "mode": "both",
    "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lepidata/bluesky-posts").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"],
    "mode": "both",
    "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lepidata/bluesky-posts").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"
  ],
  "mode": "both",
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call lepidata/bluesky-posts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lepidata/bluesky-posts"
        }
    }
}
```

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/LBliuw8J1dNxIHrdI/builds/EZRH60eZb9Idi6IVJ/openapi.json