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Bluesky profile

Beta GET /v1/bluesky/profile

GET /v1/bluesky/profile

Bluesky profile.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
handlestringyesHandle (alice.bsky.social) or DID (did:plc:...). Also accepted as username.

Every request also accepts:

  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/bluesky/profile" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=bsky.app"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "bsky.app",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/bluesky/profile",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/bluesky/profile");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "handle": "bsky.app"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Bluesky profile",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/bluesky/profile",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "bsky.app"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, email addresses are replaced with [email protected]. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_05f7500f90e3d6adce09a3e3",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "bluesky",
    "id": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
    "handle": "bsky.app",
    "name": "Bluesky",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app",
    "kind": "person",
    "bio": "official Bluesky account (check username👆)\n\nBugs, feature requests, feedback: [email protected]",
    "avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/bafkreihwihm6kpd6zuwhhlro75p5qks5qtrcu55jp3gddbfjsieiv7wuka",
    "banner_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/banner/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/bafkreichzyovokfzmymz36p5jibbjrhsur6n7hjnzxrpbt5jaydp2szvna",
    "verified": false,
    "is_private": null,
    "external_url": null,
    "links": null,
    "location": null,
    "category": null,
    "created_at": "2023-04-12T04:53:57.057000Z",
    "stats": {
      "followers": 35443566,
      "following": 32,
      "posts": 901,
      "likes": null,
      "views": null
    },
    "extra": {
      "associated": {
        "activitySubscription": {
          "allowSubscriptions": "followers"
        },
        "chat": {
          "allowIncoming": "none"
        },
        "feedgens": 7,
        "labeler": false,
        "lists": 18,
        "starterPacks": 15
      },
      "did": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
      "indexed_at": "2025-10-27T21:05:26.152Z",
      "pinned_post_uri": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6oveex3ii2l",
      "status": {
        "cid": "bafyreihkojqw7p22odgjcbzjh5sh4vrntow24sd4nvntpqnddrd5pqma44",
        "embed": {
          "$type": "app.bsky.embed.external#view",
          "external": {
            "description": "Elon Take The Wheel Livestream: Alex Gibney, Director of \"MUSK\"",
            "thumb": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/bafkreifbiu2m3dnnhmzq4dk6u4227p3xuq3zzqhhzvibhuojnz6unengny",
            "title": "e.w. niedermeyer is live on Streamplace",
            "uri": "https://stream.place/niedermeyer.online"
          }
        },
        "expiresAt": "2026-10-20T17:00:37.680Z",
        "isActive": false,
        "labels": [],
        "record": {
          "$type": "app.bsky.actor.status",
          "createdAt": "2026-10-20T16:00:37.680Z",
          "durationMinutes": 60,
          "embed": {
            "$type": "app.bsky.embed.external",
            "external": {
              "$type": "app.bsky.embed.external#external",
              "description": "Elon Take The Wheel Livestream: Alex Gibney, Director of \"MUSK\"",
              "thumb": {
                "$type": "blob",
                "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
                "ref": {
                  "$link": "bafkreifbiu2m3dnnhmzq4dk6u4227p3xuq3zzqhhzvibhuojnz6unengny"
                },
                "size": 195438
              },
              "title": "e.w. niedermeyer is live on Streamplace",
              "uri": "https://stream.place/niedermeyer.online"
            }
          },
          "status": "app.bsky.actor.status#live"
        },
        "status": "app.bsky.actor.status#live",
        "uri": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.actor.status/self"
      },
      "verification": {
        "trustedVerifierStatus": "valid",
        "verifications": [],
        "verifiedStatus": "none"
      }
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Response#

A Profile object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_5981ca1c045ada67b4d03451"
}