# Bluesky Scraper - Posts, Profiles & Search (`pmpeloc/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Bluesky posts by keyword or hashtag and full profiles with their posts. No login, no proxies, no API key. Engagement metrics, hashtags, links, images and author data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pmpeloc/bluesky-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Pablo Misael Peloc](https://apify.com/pmpeloc) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 Scraper: Posts, Profiles & Search

Extract posts and profiles from **Bluesky** (bsky.app) at scale. No login, no API key, no proxies needed. It uses Bluesky's public AppView API, so runs are fast, cheap and don't get blocked.

### What you can scrape

- **Search posts** by keyword, phrase or `#hashtag`. Supports Bluesky search operators such as `from:handle`.
- **Profiles**: bio, avatar, banner, follower, following and post counts, plus the profile's posts, with or without replies.
- **Filters**: language (`es`, `en`, `pt`...), date range, and sort by latest or top.

### Use cases

- Brand and competitor monitoring on Bluesky
- Social listening and sentiment analysis in any language
- Collecting datasets for research and AI training
- Tracking journalists, politicians or creators who moved from X/Twitter
- Lead generation from people talking about your topic

### Input example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": ["#ai", "climate change"],
  "profiles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team"],
  "maxItems": 500,
  "sort": "latest",
  "language": "en"
}
```

`maxItems` applies to each search term and each profile separately. With sort **Top**, Bluesky returns at most 100 posts per term. With **Latest** there is no fixed cap.

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "source": "search:#ai",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example.bsky.social/post/3mwmtbkuqqc2n",
  "text": "Post text...",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-29T02:55:01.383Z",
  "langs": ["en"],
  "likeCount": 12,
  "repostCount": 3,
  "replyCount": 1,
  "quoteCount": 0,
  "isReply": false,
  "hashtags": ["ai"],
  "links": ["https://example.com/article"],
  "images": [],
  "linkCard": { "url": "https://example.com/article", "title": "...", "description": "..." },
  "author": { "handle": "example.bsky.social", "displayName": "Example", "did": "did:plc:...", "profileUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/example.bsky.social" }
}
```

Profiles come as `"type": "profile"` items with `followersCount`, `followsCount`, `postsCount`, `description`, `avatar` and `createdAt`.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged only for posts and profiles actually returned. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

### Notes

The Actor only reads public data that Bluesky serves without authentication. It does not access private content or DMs.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords, phrases or #hashtags to search posts for. Supports Bluesky search operators like from:handle.

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Handles (e.g. bsky.app), @handles, DIDs or profile URLs. Returns the profile plus its posts.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of posts to return for each search term and each profile.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of search results.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code for search, e.g. en, es, pt, ja.

## `since` (type: `string`):

Only search posts created on or after this date.

## `until` (type: `string`):

Only search posts created before this date.

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

When scraping profiles, also return the replies they wrote.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "argentina"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "latest",
  "includeReplies": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchTerms": [
        "argentina"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pmpeloc/bluesky-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 = { "searchTerms": ["argentina"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pmpeloc/bluesky-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 '{
  "searchTerms": [
    "argentina"
  ]
}' |
apify call pmpeloc/bluesky-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pmpeloc/bluesky-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/SpRha4hgfAbulUkIe/builds/xCJ1dwcW3fSwedT1C/openapi.json