# Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles & Followers (`widened_booster/bluesky-scraper`) Actor Scrape Bluesky (bsky.app) posts, profiles, followers, and follows via the open AT Protocol API. No authentication required. Search by keyword, fetch author feeds, get profiles, list followers/follows. - **URL**: https://apify.com/widened\_booster/bluesky-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Farhan](https://apify.com/widened_booster) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.10 / actor start 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles & Followers Extract data from **Bluesky** (bsky.app) using the open AT Protocol public API. No authentication required — works out of the box. ### What it does Scrapes Bluesky data in 6 modes: | Mode | Description | Input needed | |---|---|---| | **searchPosts** | Search posts by keyword query | `query` | | **getProfile** | Fetch a single profile | `actor` (handle or DID) | | **getAuthorFeed** | Get all posts by a specific author | `actor` (handle or DID) | | **searchActors** | Search profiles/accounts by keyword | `query` | | **getFollowers** | Get followers of a profile | `actor` (handle or DID) | | **getFollows** | Get accounts a profile follows | `actor` (handle or DID) | ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | mode | string | ✅ | One of: searchPosts, getProfile, getAuthorFeed, searchActors, getFollowers, getFollows | | query | string | For search modes | Search keyword | | actor | string | For actor modes | Bluesky handle (e.g. `bsky.app`) or DID (e.g. `did:plc:xxx`) | | limit | integer | No (default: 100) | Max results to fetch (1–10,000) | | since | string | No | Posts after this date (ISO 8601). searchPosts only. | | until | string | No | Posts before this date (ISO 8601). searchPosts only. | | lang | string | No | Filter by language code (e.g. `en`, `es`, `ja`). searchPosts only. | ### Output #### Post data (searchPosts, getAuthorFeed) | Field | Description | |---|---| | uri | AT Protocol post URI | | cid | Content ID | | text | Post text content | | createdAt | Post creation timestamp | | authorHandle | Author's handle (e.g. `user.bsky.social`) | | authorDisplayName | Author's display name | | authorDid | Author's decentralized identifier | | authorFollowersCount | Author's follower count | | authorPostsCount | Author's total post count | | replyCount | Number of replies | | repostCount | Number of reposts | | likeCount | Number of likes | | quoteCount | Number of quotes | | links | External links mentioned in the post | | mentions | DIDs mentioned in the post | | images | Image alt texts and aspect ratios | #### Profile data (getProfile, searchActors, getFollowers, getFollows) | Field | Description | |---|---| | did | Decentralized identifier | | handle | Bluesky handle | | displayName | Display name | | description | Bio/description | | avatar | Avatar URL | | banner | Banner URL | | followersCount | Follower count | | followsCount | Following count | | postsCount | Total posts | | createdAt | Account creation date | ### Example usage #### Search posts about "AI agents" ```json { "mode": "searchPosts", "query": "AI agents", "limit": 500 } ```` #### Get Bluesky's profile ```json { "mode": "getProfile", "actor": "bsky.app" } ``` #### Get 1000 followers of a user ```json { "mode": "getFollowers", "actor": "apify.com", "limit": 1000 } ``` #### Get posts by an author in Japanese ```json { "mode": "searchPosts", "query": "テクノロジー", "lang": "ja", "limit": 100, "since": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ``` ### Pricing Pay per event: - **$0.005 per post scraped** (searchPosts, getAuthorFeed) - **$0.005 per profile fetched** (getProfile, searchActors, getFollowers, getFollows) ### Use cases - **Brand monitoring** — track mentions of your brand on Bluesky - **Lead generation** — find Bluesky users by keyword, get their profiles and followers - **Research** — collect posts for sentiment analysis, trend tracking, academic studies - **Content migration** — export posts from a Bluesky account - **Competitor analysis** — monitor competitor's followers and engagement - **Social graph mapping** — build follower/following network graphs ### Technical details - Uses the **AT Protocol** public API (`api.bsky.app/xrpc`) - **No authentication required** — all public data - Pure HTTP requests — no browser automation, extremely fast - Automatic pagination with cursor support - Retry with exponential backoff for rate limits - Handles up to 10,000 results per run # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): What to scrape. searchPosts: search posts by keyword. getProfile: fetch a single profile. getAuthorFeed: get posts by an author. searchActors: search profiles by keyword. getFollowers: get followers of a profile. getFollows: get accounts a profile follows. ## `query` (type: `string`): Search keyword (required for searchPosts and searchActors modes). ## `actor` (type: `string`): Bluesky handle (e.g. bsky.app) or DID (e.g. did:plc:xxx). Required for getProfile, getAuthorFeed, getFollowers, getFollows modes. ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of results to fetch. ## `since` (type: `string`): Only return posts after this date (ISO 8601, e.g. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z). Optional, searchPosts only. ## `until` (type: `string`): Only return posts before this date (ISO 8601). Optional, searchPosts only. ## `lang` (type: `string`): Filter posts by language code (e.g. en, es, ja). Optional, searchPosts only. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "searchPosts", "limit": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `resultsDatasetUrl` (type: `string`): URL to the dataset containing scraped Bluesky posts or profiles. ## `runDetailsUrl` (type: `string`): URL to view the full run details in Apify Console. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "mode": "searchPosts" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("widened_booster/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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "mode": "searchPosts" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("widened_booster/bluesky-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "mode": "searchPosts" }' | apify call widened_booster/bluesky-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=widened_booster/bluesky-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles & Followers", "description": "Scrape Bluesky (bsky.app) posts, profiles, followers, and follows via the open AT Protocol API. No authentication required. Search by keyword, fetch author feeds, get profiles, list followers/follows.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "Frv3azZQuifngJ6pO" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/widened_booster~bluesky-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-widened_booster-bluesky-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/widened_booster~bluesky-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-widened_booster-bluesky-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/widened_booster~bluesky-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-widened_booster-bluesky-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "mode" ], "properties": { "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "searchPosts", "getProfile", "getAuthorFeed", "searchActors", "getFollowers", "getFollows" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to scrape. searchPosts: search posts by keyword. getProfile: fetch a single profile. getAuthorFeed: get posts by an author. searchActors: search profiles by keyword. getFollowers: get followers of a profile. getFollows: get accounts a profile follows." }, "query": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Search keyword (required for searchPosts and searchActors modes)." }, "actor": { "title": "Actor (Handle or DID)", "type": "string", "description": "Bluesky handle (e.g. bsky.app) or DID (e.g. did:plc:xxx). Required for getProfile, getAuthorFeed, getFollowers, getFollows modes." }, "limit": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of results to fetch.", "default": 100 }, "since": { "title": "Since Date", "type": "string", "description": "Only return posts after this date (ISO 8601, e.g. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z). Optional, searchPosts only." }, "until": { "title": "Until Date", "type": "string", "description": "Only return posts before this date (ISO 8601). Optional, searchPosts only." }, "lang": { "title": "Language Filter", "type": "string", "description": "Filter posts by language code (e.g. en, es, ja). Optional, searchPosts only." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```