Bluesky Scraper Suite (AT Protocol)

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Scrape Bluesky posts, profiles, account search, and custom feeds straight from the free, open AT Protocol — no proxies, no headless browser, no anti-bot games. Four of the five modes need no login at all.

What it does

Input

{
"mode":"posts",
"handles":["bsky.app","news.bsky.team"],
"maxItems":100
}

{"mode":"profile","handles":["bsky.app"]}

{"mode":"search","searchTarget":"accounts","query":"journalist","maxItems":50}

{
"mode":"feed",
"feedUrl":"at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.generator/whats-hot",
"maxItems":100
}

For search + posts, add a free Bluesky app password (Settings → App Passwords — never your main password):

{"mode":"search","searchTarget":"posts","query":"apify",
"identifier":"you.bsky.social","appPassword":"xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx","maxItems":50}

Fields

• mode (required) — posts | profile | search | feed
• handles[] — for posts and profile
• query — for search
• searchTarget — accounts (no login) or posts (needs app password)
• feedUrl — AT-URI for feed
• maxItems — caps results (and your cost). Default 100.
• identifier / appPassword — only for post search; stored as secrets.

Output

Post row:

{
"scrapedMode":"posts","type":"post",
"uri":"at://did:plc:.../app.bsky.feed.post/3l...",
"cid":"bafy...",
"authorHandle":"bsky.app","authorDid":"did:plc:...","authorDisplayName":"Bluesky",
"text":"Hello from Bluesky","createdAt":"2026-05-30T12:00:00Z",
"likeCount":1234,"repostCount":56,"replyCount":12,"quoteCount":3,
"langs":["en"],"embedType":"app.bsky.embed.images#view",
"postUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l..."
}

Profile row:

{
"scrapedMode":"profile","type":"profile",
"did":"did:plc:...","handle":"bsky.app","displayName":"Bluesky",
"description":"...","followersCount":1500000,"followsCount":50,"postsCount":900,
"avatar":"https://cdn.bsky.app/...","createdAt":"2023-04-01T00:00:00Z",
"profileUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app"
}

Pricing

Pay per result — $0.002 per item. You only pay for rows actually returned; maxItems is a hard cap on cost.

Reliability

• Exponential backoff on rate limits (429) and server errors (5xx).
• Cursor pagination — pulls exactly up to maxItems.
• One malformed record is logged and skipped; the run never crashes on a single bad item.
• Built directly on the official AT Protocol XRPC API.

Data usage & compliance

This actor reads only public data exposed by the Bluesky AppView / AT Protocol public API (public.api.bsky.app), the same data a logged-out visitor sees on bsky.app. Post search uses your own Bluesky session via a revocable app password. Use the output in accordance with Bluesky's Terms of Service and applicable privacy law; do not use it to harass, deanonymize, or spam users.