# Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles & Followers (`hipersoft/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Bluesky posts, profiles and social graph: a user's posts (text, likes, reposts, replies), profile stats, followers and following. Search users by keyword. Clean public API, no login or key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/bluesky-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.0008 / item scraped

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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — 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 & Keyword User Search

Pull public data straight from Bluesky: a user's posts with full engagement counts, profile stats, and their followers and following lists — all as clean structured JSON. Feed it handles, DIDs, or profile URLs (or discover users by keyword), pick a data type, and get back tidy records ready for analysis. No account, no API key. Built for social researchers, growth teams, journalists, and anyone tracking the Bluesky network.

### Features

- 🦋 **Four data types in one Actor** — switch `dataType` between posts, profile info, followers, and following.
- 🔎 **Discover users by keyword** — `searchTerms` finds matching accounts via actor search and scrapes them alongside your `actors` list.
- 📊 **Real engagement metrics** — every post carries `likeCount`, `repostCount`, `replyCount`, `quoteCount`, and `bookmarkCount`.
- 🖼️ **Media and link cards** — extracts post `images`, plus `externalUrl`, `externalTitle`, and `externalDescription` from embedded link previews.
- 🔁 **Repost & reply flags** — `isRepost` and `isReply` mark timeline context; posts are de-duplicated across feeds automatically.
- 🎯 **Flexible inputs** — accepts handles (`nytimes.com`), DIDs, or full `bsky.app/profile/...` URLs interchangeably.
- 📈 **Scales to 20,000 items per user** with cursor-based pagination under the hood.

### What you get

Each post is one clean JSON record:

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "uri": "at://did:plc:abc123/app.bsky.feed.post/3kxyz",
  "handle": "nytimes.com",
  "displayName": "The New York Times",
  "authorDid": "did:plc:abc123",
  "text": "Breaking: ...",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-20T14:03:00.000Z",
  "langs": ["en"],
  "likeCount": 812,
  "repostCount": 145,
  "replyCount": 63,
  "quoteCount": 21,
  "bookmarkCount": 9,
  "isReply": false,
  "isRepost": false,
  "embedType": "app.bsky.embed.images#view",
  "images": ["https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/..."],
  "externalUrl": null,
  "externalTitle": null,
  "externalDescription": null,
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3kxyz"
}
```

### Input

```json
{
  "actors": ["jay.bsky.team", "https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com"],
  "searchTerms": ["climate news"],
  "dataType": "posts",
  "maxItemsPerActor": 100,
  "maxSearchActors": 25
}
```

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `actors` | Handles, DIDs, or profile URLs to scrape. |
| `searchTerms` | Keywords; matching users are found and scraped too. |
| `dataType` | `posts`, `profile`, `followers`, or `following`. |
| `maxItemsPerActor` | Max posts/followers/following per user (up to 20000). |
| `maxSearchActors` | How many users to take from each search term. |

### Use cases

- Track engagement on a brand or competitor's Bluesky posts over time.
- Build follower/following graphs for network and influencer analysis.
- Discover accounts in a topic niche via keyword search, then pull their feeds.
- Monitor news outlets and public figures for social listening dashboards.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: you're billed a small amount per run and per item scraped — you only pay for what you get. See the **Pricing** tab for current rates.

### Notes

This Actor uses Bluesky's public AppView API (public.api.bsky.app) and reads only public, unauthenticated data — no login or key required. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Bluesky Social PBC.

# Actor input Schema

## `actors` (type: `array`):

Bluesky handles (e.g. bsky.app), DIDs, or profile URLs. The selected data type is scraped for each.

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

Optional. Find users matching these keywords (via actor search) and include them alongside the handles above.

## `dataType` (type: `string`):

What to scrape for each user.

## `maxItemsPerActor` (type: `integer`):

Maximum posts / followers / following to collect per user (ignored for profile info).

## `maxSearchActors` (type: `integer`):

How many users to take from each search term.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "actors": [
    "jay.bsky.team",
    "https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com"
  ],
  "searchTerms": [
    "climate news"
  ],
  "dataType": "posts",
  "maxItemsPerActor": 100,
  "maxSearchActors": 25
}
```

# 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 = {
    "actors": [
        "bsky.app"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/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 = { "actors": ["bsky.app"] }

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=hipersoft/bluesky-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/l9VDVkJkY2k0vLQ6s/builds/UQAC5wNHd4GBRh78g/openapi.json