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

Extract posts, profiles, author feeds, followers and full threads from Bluesky. Keyword/brand search supported. Clean JSON/CSV output for social listening, research and AI agents. No cookies, no proxies needed.

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

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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?

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.

- **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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **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, Search & Followers

Extract clean, structured data from **Bluesky** (44M+ users): posts, profiles, keyword search,
followers and full threads. Built on the open AT Protocol API — **no cookies, no proxies, no
login for most modes**. Perfect for social listening, brand monitoring, market research,
influencer analysis and **AI agents** that need Bluesky data.

### What it does

| Mode | Login needed? | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Posts from profiles | ❌ No | All posts from any list of accounts |
| Profile details | ❌ No | Followers/posts counts, bio, avatar for any handles |
| Followers / Following | ❌ No | Full follower/following lists with profiles |
| Thread | ❌ No | A post + every reply, flattened and clean |
| **Keyword / brand search** | 🔑 Free app password | All posts matching any query, with date & language filters |

### Output (every post, same stable schema)

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/user.bsky.social/post/3xyz",
  "text": "This is the post text",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-01T10:00:00.000Z",
  "author": { "handle": "user.bsky.social", "displayName": "User", "did": "did:plc:..." },
  "likeCount": 12, "repostCount": 3, "replyCount": 4, "quoteCount": 1,
  "langs": ["en"], "isReply": false,
  "images": [{ "url": "...", "alt": "..." }],
  "externalLink": { "url": "...", "title": "..." }
}
```

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or feed it straight into your pipeline / LLM agent via the Apify API.

### Search mode setup (2 minutes, free)

Bluesky requires a (free) account for its search endpoint:

1. Create a free account at [bsky.app](https://bsky.app) — no phone number needed.
2. Go to **Settings → Privacy and Security → App Passwords → Add App Password**.
3. Paste your handle (e.g. `yourname.bsky.social`) and the app password into the Actor input.

Never use your real password. The app password can be revoked anytime.

### Why this scraper

- **Reliable by design:** Bluesky's AT Protocol is an open, public API — no anti-bot cat-and-mouse,
  no breakage every two weeks.
- **Default input just works:** press Run and you get real data immediately.
- **Readable errors:** if something is missing (e.g. app password for search), the error tells you
  exactly how to fix it in plain language.
- **Pay per result:** you only pay for the data you actually receive.

### Use cases

- **Brand & crisis monitoring** — brands get tens of thousands of Bluesky mentions per month
  even without an official account.
- **Lead generation & audience research** — export followers of any account in your niche.
- **Trend & competitor research** — keyword search with date and language filters.
- **AI agents / RAG** — clean JSON built to be consumed by LLM pipelines and MCP tools.

# Actor input Schema

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

Choose the extraction mode. `search` finds posts by keyword (requires a free Bluesky app password — see README). All other modes work without any credentials.

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

Bluesky handles (with or without @) or DIDs. Used by authorFeed, profiles, followers and following modes.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword, brand or phrase to search for (search mode). Supports quoted phrases.

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

Bluesky post URLs (https://bsky.app/profile/handle/post/xyz) or at:// URIs to expand into full threads.

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

Maximum number of items to output (per run, across all inputs).

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

Sorting for search mode.

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

Only posts after this date, ISO format e.g. 2026-01-31 (search mode).

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

Only posts before this date, ISO format e.g. 2026-06-30 (search mode).

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

Two-letter language code filter for search, e.g. en, es, de.

## `blueskyIdentifier` (type: `string`):

Your Bluesky handle, e.g. yourname.bsky.social. Only needed for search mode. Create a FREE account at bsky.app in 2 minutes.

## `blueskyAppPassword` (type: `string`):

App password generated at bsky.app → Settings → Privacy and Security → App Passwords. NEVER your real password. Only needed for search mode.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Politeness delay between API requests. Increase if you hit rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "authorFeed",
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "latest",
  "requestDelayMs": 200
}
```

# 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 = {
    "mode": "authorFeed",
    "handles": [
        "bsky.app"
    ],
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("prometheusagency/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 = {
    "mode": "authorFeed",
    "handles": ["bsky.app"],
    "query": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("prometheusagency/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": "authorFeed",
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call prometheusagency/bluesky-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/PkwivTeHdyFKqarEb/builds/XJaGD3VuzSSnrPWCm/openapi.json