# Bluesky Scraper – Post Search, Keyword Monitor & API (`rowfeed/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Search all of Bluesky by keyword, hashtag or phrase, or get any account's posts, as clean rows: text, date, likes, reposts, replies, links and images. Monitor keywords on a schedule. No login. $0.40 per 1,000 posts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rowfeed/bluesky-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Rowfeed](https://apify.com/rowfeed) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, AI
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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,
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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 – Post Search, Keyword Monitor & API

Search all of Bluesky for any keyword, hashtag or phrase, or get the posts of any account, as clean rows: text, date, likes, reposts, replies, quotes, links, images and the link card. Schedule it to collect only new mentions of your brand, a competitor or a topic. No login, no app password, no API key: it uses Bluesky's own public API.

Built for brand and social listening, news and trend tracking, research datasets, content curation, and AI agents that need what people are saying on Bluesky right now.

### What you get

- **Search across all of Bluesky:** newest or top posts for each keyword. Bluesky's search syntax works: `"exact phrase"`, `#hashtag`, `from:nytimes.com`.
- **Account posts:** everything an account posted and reposted, newest first, up to 10,000 per account; replies if you want them.
- **Engagement on every row:** likes, reposts, replies and quotes.
- **Links and media:** links in the text, the link card (URL and title), the first image in full size, image count, video flag, and the quoted post.
- **Monitoring:** set "Only the last ... hours" to 24 and schedule the run daily (or 1 and hourly) to get only new posts.
- **Privacy by default:** no authors unless you turn on `includeAuthor`, which adds the poster's public handle and follower count, handy for spotting influencers (never the display name, bio or picture). `@mentions` and email addresses inside the text always become `[user]` and `[email removed]`.

### Example output row

A real post read from the account nytimes.com (text shortened here):

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "3n22ggii73o2y",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3n22ggii73o2y",
  "published": "2026-11-11T16:57:59Z",
  "text": "Breaking News: The White House threatened congressional Democrats, saying aggressive oversight …",
  "likes": 0,
  "reposts": 0,
  "replies": 0,
  "quotes": 0,
  "hashtags": [],
  "links": ["https://nyti.ms/4zAsQvq"],
  "image": null,
  "images": 0,
  "video": false,
  "link_preview": {"url": "https://nyti.ms/4zAsQvq", "title": "White House Threatens Congress, Saying Aggressive Investigations Could Be Crime"},
  "quoted_url": null,
  "reply_to": null,
  "search": null,
  "account": "nytimes.com"
}
```

### How to use

1. Click **Try for free** (or **Start**) at the top of this page to open the input form.
2. Fill in **Search Bluesky**. Keywords, one per line. The form comes with a working example, so you can also run it as it is.
3. Optional: adjust **Accounts (optional)**, **Max posts per keyword or account**, **Search order**, **Only the last ... hours**. Every field has a sensible default.
4. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
5. Download the results as Excel, CSV or JSON from the **Output** tab, or get them through the Apify API, a schedule or an integration (Make, Zapier, Google Sheets ...).

### Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

- **$0.40 per 1,000 posts** ($0.0004 per post).
- $0.002 per run start.

Examples: the pre-filled run (100 posts) costs $0.042. 20 keywords × 100 posts cost $0.80. A daily monitor of 10 keywords that finds 40 new posts costs $0.018 a day. Error rows are never charged.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `searches` | Keywords, one per line. `"phrase"`, `#tag` and `from:handle` work. |
| `accounts` | Handles or profile links: `nytimes.com`, `@jay.bsky.social`, `https://bsky.app/profile/theverge.com`. |
| `maxPosts` | Per keyword (up to 100) or per account (up to 10,000). Default 100. |
| `sort` | `latest` or `top`, for keywords. |
| `postedWithinHours` | Only posts from the last N hours. 0 = any time. |
| `language` | Optional two-letter code (`en`, `de`, `ja`) for keywords. |
| `includeReplies` | Also the accounts' replies. |
| `includeAuthor` | Add the poster's public handle and follower count (off by default). |

### Good to know

- **Up to 100 posts per keyword per run.** That is the most Bluesky's search serves without login, and this Actor does not log in. For busy keywords, schedule it hourly with "Only the last 1 hours", or split the keyword (`"ai agents"`, `#aiagents`, `ai agents startup`). Account posts have no such limit.
- Unknown accounts and invalid handles get an error row (not charged).
- **Handles are personal data** in many countries. If you turn on `includeAuthor`, use them lawfully (for example under GDPR).
- Not affiliated with Bluesky.

### More tools from Rowfeed

- [Reddit Scraper](https://apify.com/rowfeed/reddit-scraper) – posts and newest comments of any subreddit, filtered by your keywords, without usernames.
- [Telegram Scraper](https://apify.com/rowfeed/telegram-channel-scraper) – posts, views and reactions of any public Telegram channel, with keyword search inside channels.
- [Google News API](https://apify.com/rowfeed/google-news-monitor) – news for any search; monitor mode returns only articles you have not seen.
- [Hacker News API](https://apify.com/rowfeed/hacker-news-api) – Hacker News stories, front page, Ask/Show HN and the monthly hiring thread as rows.
- [Google Sheets Export](https://apify.com/rowfeed/google-sheets-export) – send the results of any run to a Google Sheet.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Keywords, one per line. Bluesky's search syntax works: "exact phrase", #hashtag, from:handle. Up to 100 posts per keyword (the most Bluesky serves without login).

## `accounts` (type: `array`):

Get the posts of these accounts, newest first: a handle such as nytimes.com, @jay.bsky.social or a profile link.

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Keywords: up to 100. Accounts: up to 10,000.

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

For keywords.

## `postedWithinHours` (type: `integer`):

Only posts from this many hours, e.g. 24 for a daily schedule. 0 = any time.

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

Two-letter code such as en, de or ja, for keywords.

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

Off = only their own posts and reposts.

## `includeAuthor` (type: `boolean`):

Off by default. On = add the poster's public Bluesky handle and follower count. Never the display name, bio or picture. You are responsible for using it lawfully (e.g. GDPR).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "web scraping",
    "#seo",
    "\"climate tech\"",
    "from:nytimes.com"
  ],
  "accounts": [
    "nytimes.com",
    "@bsky.app",
    "https://bsky.app/profile/theverge.com"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 100,
  "sort": "latest",
  "postedWithinHours": 0,
  "language": "en",
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeAuthor": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "searches": [
        "AI agents"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowfeed/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 = { "searches": ["AI agents"] }

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowfeed/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/geeD9gfNGE3crkmKL/builds/C0Dqsv879eVFcedwX/openapi.json