# Bluesky Scraper (`sones/bluesky-scraper`) Actor

Fast, low-cost scraper for Bluesky (AT Protocol). Extract posts, profiles, followers, and search results. HTTP-only, no browser needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sones/bluesky-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Samy](https://apify.com/sones) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 93.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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

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# README

## Bluesky Scraper

Fast, low-cost scraper for Bluesky social network using the AT Protocol public API. Extracts posts, profiles, followers, follows, and search results. HTTP-only — no browser or headless rendering needed.

### Why this scraper is cheap

Bluesky's AT Protocol exposes a **fully public, unauthenticated API** with generous rate limits (~3000 requests per 5 minutes). No proxy is required, no login needed, no anti-bot measures to bypass. This means:

- **$0 proxy cost** — direct HTTP requests
- **256 MB memory** — no browser overhead
- **~1000 results per $0.01** of compute

### Supported Actions

#### `getProfiles`

Fetch detailed profiles for a list of handles or DIDs.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "getProfiles",
    "handles": ["jay.bsky.team", "bsky.app"]
}
```

#### `searchPosts`

Search for posts matching a query.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "searchPosts",
    "searchQuery": "artificial intelligence",
    "sort": "top",
    "maxResults": 500
}
```

#### `getAuthorFeed`

Get posts from specific authors.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "getAuthorFeed",
    "handles": ["jay.bsky.team"],
    "filter": "posts_no_replies",
    "maxResults": 1000
}
```

#### `searchActors`

Search for users/profiles.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "searchActors",
    "searchQuery": "data scientist",
    "maxResults": 200
}
```

#### `getFollowers`

Get the followers of specified accounts.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "getFollowers",
    "handles": ["jay.bsky.team"],
    "maxResults": 5000
}
```

#### `getFollows`

Get accounts that the specified users follow.

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "getFollows",
    "handles": ["jay.bsky.team"],
    "maxResults": 5000
}
```

#### `getPostThread`

Get a post and its replies (full thread).

**Input:**

```json
{
    "action": "getPostThread",
    "postUrls": [
        "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3abc123",
        "at://did:plc:abc123/app.bsky.feed.post/3xyz789"
    ]
}
```

### Output Format

#### Profile output

```json
{
    "type": "profile",
    "did": "did:plc:...",
    "handle": "jay.bsky.team",
    "displayName": "Jay",
    "description": "Building Bluesky",
    "avatar": "https://.../",
    "followersCount": 150000,
    "followsCount": 500,
    "postsCount": 3200,
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team"
}
```

#### Post output

```json
{
    "type": "post",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:.../app.bsky.feed.post/...",
    "authorHandle": "jay.bsky.team",
    "authorDisplayName": "Jay",
    "text": "Hello world!",
    "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "likeCount": 42,
    "repostCount": 5,
    "replyCount": 3,
    "quoteCount": 1,
    "images": [],
    "hasMedia": false,
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3abc123"
}
```

### Input Configuration

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|-------|------|-------------|---------|
| `action` | enum | What to scrape (required) | — |
| `handles` | string\[] | Bluesky handles or DIDs | — |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search term | — |
| `postUrls` | string\[] | Post URLs (bsky.app or at:// URIs) | — |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max results per handle/query | 100 |
| `sort` | enum | Sort order for searchPosts | "latest" |
| `filter` | enum | Feed filter for getAuthorFeed | "posts\_no\_replies" |
| `proxy` | object | Proxy config (not needed!) | No proxy |

### Rate Limits

The AT Protocol public API allows ~3000 requests per 5 minutes. The scraper automatically:

- Adds a 50ms baseline delay between requests
- Handles 429 (Too Many Requests) with exponential backoff
- Retries on server errors (5xx)

### Cost Estimation

| Action | 1000 items | Estimated cost |
|--------|-----------|---------------|
| getProfiles | 1000 requests | ~$0.01 |
| searchPosts | 10 paginated requests | ~$0.001 |
| getAuthorFeed | 10 paginated requests | ~$0.001 |
| getFollowers | 10 paginated requests | ~$0.001 |

No proxy cost. No browser cost. Just HTTP requests to a public API.

### Pay-per-event pricing

This actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing with a small Actor start charge and per-result events. Current event prices:

| Event | Price |
|-------|------:|
| `apify-actor-start` | $0.00005 |
| `profile` | $0.00003 |
| `search-post` | $0.00002 |
| `author-feed-post` | $0.00002 |
| `search-actor` | $0.00003 |
| `follower` | $0.00003 |
| `follow` | $0.00003 |
| `thread-post` | $0.00002 |

# Actor input Schema

## `action` (type: `string`):

What type of data to scrape

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

Bluesky handles or DIDs. Used for: Get Profiles, Get Author Feed, Get Followers, Get Follows.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search term. Used for: Search Posts, Search Users.

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

Post URLs (at:// URIs or bsky.app links). Used for: Get Post Thread.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results per handle or query

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

Sort order for Search Posts.

## `filter` (type: `string`):

Which posts to include. Used for: Get Author Feed.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Bluesky's public API doesn't require a proxy. Only enable if you hit rate limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "action": "getProfiles",
  "handles": [
    "bsky.app"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "sort": "latest",
  "filter": "posts_no_replies",
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (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 = {
    "handles": [
        "bsky.app"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sones/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"] }

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sones/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/nAGMkdhmPsbGL4UQk/builds/qiQzYCTdwctbBmkR7/openapi.json