# Bluesky Scraper - Profiles & Posts (`swerve/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Bluesky profiles and posts in bulk. Get followers, bio, post count, and posts with likes, reposts, replies and media by handle. No login or API key. Pay per result.

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

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Bluesky Scraper - Profiles & Posts

Scrape **Bluesky** in bulk. Paste a list of handles or profile URLs and get each account's followers, bio and post count, plus its posts with likes, reposts, replies and media. **No login and no API key.**

### What you can do with it

- Pull follower counts and profile details for a list of Bluesky accounts
- Collect an account's full post history with engagement for research and monitoring
- Track how a creator's or brand's Bluesky following and posts change over time
- Export posts and profiles into your own app, spreadsheet or database

### Input

| Field | What it does | Example |
|-------|--------------|---------|
| **Bluesky handles** | The accounts to scrape, as handles, DIDs or profile URLs. | `bsky.app`, `@jay.bsky.team`, `https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com` |
| **Include posts** | Also return each profile's posts. On by default. | on |
| **Max posts per profile** | How many recent posts to collect per profile. | `100` |

### Output

One profile row per handle, plus one row per post (each row has a `type`).

Profile:

```json
{
  "type": "profile",
  "handle": "nytimes.com",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com",
  "displayName": "The New York Times",
  "did": "did:plc:...",
  "followersCount": 1335839,
  "followsCount": 3,
  "postsCount": 39818,
  "description": "News tips? Share them here..."
}
```

Post:

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3l...",
  "authorHandle": "nytimes.com",
  "text": "Breaking News: ...",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-16T14:00:00.000Z",
  "likeCount": 640,
  "repostCount": 210,
  "replyCount": 88,
  "quoteCount": 12,
  "langs": ["en"],
  "isReply": false,
  "isRepost": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://..."
}
```

### How it works

Bluesky publishes a fully open, no-login API. This actor reads it directly, so it is fast and needs no API key and no proxy. It pages through each account's feed, so it can return the full post history you ask for.

### Limits

- Public accounts and posts only (that is everything on Bluesky's public API).
- Post search across all of Bluesky requires a login and is not included; this actor covers profiles and each account's own posts.
- An account's feed includes its reposts; those rows are flagged with `isRepost`.

### Pricing

Pay per result. You only pay for the profiles and posts you actually get.

# Actor input Schema

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

Paste Bluesky handles, DIDs or profile URLs. Examples: bsky.app, @jay.bsky.team, https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com . One profile row plus its posts per handle.

## `includePosts` (type: `boolean`):

Also return each profile's posts with likes, reposts, replies and media. On by default.

## `maxPostsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

How many recent posts to collect per profile. Default 100.

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

Optional overall cap on rows (profiles plus posts). Leave blank for everything.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Bluesky's public API answers without a proxy; add one only for very large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app",
    "nytimes.com"
  ],
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "handles": [
        "bsky.app",
        "nytimes.com"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("swerve/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 = {
    "handles": [
        "bsky.app",
        "nytimes.com",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("swerve/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 '{
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app",
    "nytimes.com"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call swerve/bluesky-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/5ZLcTYakmjYbfTJY8/builds/WxQWXWihWlywOolCk/openapi.json