Bluesky Comments API. Replies, page by page.
Replies to a post, nested ones included. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Bluesky Comments API at a glance
Returns the replies to a public Bluesky post, nested ones included, from its link or at:// ID, by most liked, newest or oldest. Each reply has parent_id saying what it answers, its text with hashtags, mentions and full link URLs, publish time, languages, labels, images and video, link card, the post it quotes, exact like, reply, repost, quote and bookmark counts, and the author with their verified badge and DID.
GET /v1/bluesky/comments
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urlis all it needs, e.g.https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2lconst params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments",
params={"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q"},
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]<?php
$query = http_build_query([
'url' => 'https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"os"
)
func main() {
q := url.Values{}
q.Set("url", "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments?"+q.Encode(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()
var body struct {
Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"`
Error *struct {
Code string `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if body.Error != nil {
log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
}
fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": [
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:rnpkyqnmsw4ipey6eotbdnnf/bafkreierosmj3aqp63zskykqo7ucl6vs4adep5op27tzkr6zhoxdaqjvjy",
"display_name": "Bailey Townsend 🦀",
"id": "did:plc:rnpkyqnmsw4ipey6eotbdnnf",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/pds.dad",
"username": "pds.dad"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "at://did:plc:rnpkyqnmsw4ipey6eotbdnnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3modvwakvu22v",
"is_by_post_author": false,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 11,
"reply_count": 0
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "bluesky",
"platform_specific": {
"bluesky": {
"bridged_from_url": null,
"cid": "bafyreiba2dzwa45xz6yxqu7wbzoz52ni2qshhkcihwsdzjuk2hjnsjfgse",
"created_at": "2026-06-15T18:26:52Z",
"embedded_record_uri": null,
"hashtags": [],
"indexed_at": "2026-06-15T18:26:53Z",
"is_hidden": false,
"is_hidden_by_post_author": false,
"is_nsfw": false,
"labels": [],
"languages": [
"en"
],
"link_card": null,
"links": [],
"media": [],
"mentions": [],
"quote_count": 0,
"quoted_post": null,
"quoted_post_id": null,
"reply_root_post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"repost_count": 0,
"save_count": 0
}
},
"post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"published_at": "2026-06-15T18:26:52Z",
"text": "Not sure if it’s already be answered, but…\n\nWhat’s the migration story looking like? One export like a .car? Then to add on if it’s single export can the import process be looked at to be a bit nicer on memory for large imports (75mb+ ball park) 👀",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/pds.dad/post/3modvwakvu22v"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:mmyj7mk7kh3jqhw6zs4prbuk/bafkreiebc6p2hzm26gis7zkxc6cnljx2nf5jj5bne6quy7hz4in2bcq4ju",
"display_name": "Meri",
"id": "did:plc:mmyj7mk7kh3jqhw6zs4prbuk",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/meri.garden",
"username": "meri.garden"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "at://did:plc:mmyj7mk7kh3jqhw6zs4prbuk/app.bsky.feed.post/3moelxyfdqk2j",
"is_by_post_author": false,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 9,
"reply_count": 0
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "bluesky",
"platform_specific": {
"bluesky": {
"bridged_from_url": null,
"cid": "bafyreib7kgmwpcgv3szz73cdr5e4m6accssoqhhc2dmzt4fomifci3mpw4",
"created_at": "2026-06-16T01:01:32Z",
"embedded_record_uri": null,
"hashtags": [],
"indexed_at": "2026-06-16T01:01:34Z",
"is_hidden": false,
"is_hidden_by_post_author": false,
"is_nsfw": false,
"labels": [],
"languages": [
"en"
],
"link_card": null,
"links": [],
"media": [],
"mentions": [],
"quote_count": 0,
"quoted_post": null,
"quoted_post_id": null,
"reply_root_post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"repost_count": 2,
"save_count": 0
}
},
"post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"published_at": "2026-06-16T01:01:32Z",
"text": "I'm wondering about Bluesky group chats - will these be migrated to permissioned spaces when they are ready? And will ownership of those spaces be transferrable (seperate DID)?",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/meri.garden/post/3moelxyfdqk2j"
},
{
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:wzjoqxvghocxiu6sn4xwtyfh/bafkreicbgmp5ojmrrpcenvqdcyq6i2df66sjhck6zos3g55yeuerf5ljaq",
"display_name": "woke oak",
"id": "did:plc:wzjoqxvghocxiu6sn4xwtyfh",
"is_verified": false,
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/oakley.bsky.social",
"username": "oakley.bsky.social"
},
"edited_at": null,
"id": "at://did:plc:wzjoqxvghocxiu6sn4xwtyfh/app.bsky.feed.post/3modvdlxrtk23",
"is_by_post_author": false,
"is_edited": null,
"is_liked_by_author": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"metrics": {
"like_count": 4,
"reply_count": 0
},
"parent_id": null,
"platform": "bluesky",
"platform_specific": {
"bluesky": {
"bridged_from_url": null,
"cid": "bafyreif7xabmmlxz43bgd5v7id73qi7sqbgloqsueadrbo7uwgdd63uvzy",
"created_at": "2026-06-15T18:16:26Z",
"embedded_record_uri": null,
"hashtags": [],
"indexed_at": "2026-06-15T18:16:26Z",
"is_hidden": false,
"is_hidden_by_post_author": false,
"is_nsfw": false,
"labels": [],
"languages": [
"en"
],
"link_card": null,
"links": [],
"media": [],
"mentions": [],
"quote_count": 0,
"quoted_post": null,
"quoted_post_id": null,
"reply_root_post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"repost_count": 0,
"save_count": 0
}
},
"post_id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"published_at": "2026-06-15T18:16:26Z",
"text": "what's the rollout gonna look like? bluesky was a private beta to test the protocol with a separate federation sandbox for months before either publicly launched, will anything similar here happen? \n\ncan i have an invite?",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/oakley.bsky.social/post/3modvdlxrtk23"
}
],
"page": {
"has_more": false,
"next_cursor": null,
"next_cursor_expires_at": null,
"end_reason": "end"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "bluesky",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 329,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "post",
"id": "at://did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3moduzldxr22q",
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q"
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"client_request_id": null,
"warnings": []
}
}import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";
const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY
const res = await client.bluesky.comments.list({ url: "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String query = "url=" + encode("https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments?" + query))
.header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
.GET()
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
static String encode(String value) {
return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
}
}using System.Text.Json;
using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));
var query = string.Join("&",
"url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;
fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
.get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/comments")
.query(&[("url", "https://bsky.app/profile/atproto.com/post/3moduzldxr22q")])
.header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
.send()?;
let ok = res.status().is_success();
let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
if !ok {
return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
}
println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
Ok(())
}200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/commentsLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs One schema on 9 platforms.
The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.
Null means unknown
A field Bluesky doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The post: its link (bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l), by the account's handle or DID, with any route under it (/liked-by, /reposted-by, /quotes), the embed page's link, or its at:// ID (at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6oveex3ii2l).
Write one parser
Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram and 6 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native comment ID (string; Reddit with its t1_ prefix).
post_idstring- ID of the post commented on (equals post.id).
parent_idstring- ID of the comment this replies to; null for top-level comments.
urlstring- Permalink, when the platform has one.
textstring- Comment body as plain text.
authorobject- The commenting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: [deleted]).
published_atstring- When the comment was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. Where the platform shows only a relative time ("3 weeks ago"), the latest time that label allows (the fetch time minus the stated amount), listed in approximate_fields.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Bluesky Comments API.
Read the conversation under a post
Find the most liked replies to a post
Collect new replies since a date
Study how a thread branches, reply by reply
Good to know before you build.
- Bluesky serves a limited number of a post's direct replies, its own choice of them, with no way to ask for the rest, so a post with more ends with page.end_reason platform_limit. Sorting orders what it serves and doesn't reach the others.
- The post's metrics.comment_count can be higher than the list on any post. It also counts replies Bluesky doesn't show a logged-out visitor, such as those by accounts that chose to be seen only by signed-in people, which are left out here with the replies under them.
- A post by such an account returns private_or_unavailable, as the app answers a logged-out visitor.
- A list can miss nested replies with no warning: Bluesky folds some, and the list doesn't read or count those. When a comment's metrics.reply_count is above what the list has under it (the count also takes in replies shown only to signed-in people), send its id as url to list its replies.
- Nested replies that Bluesky's counts place under the comments but the list doesn't reach get an items_omitted warning with an estimate: those under a reply Bluesky folds, and those past what one read of a thread serves (very deep ones, or very many under one comment).
- The whole list is one read of the thread, so the default limit returns it in one page. A smaller limit splits it, and each page is a new request that reads the thread again.
- Given a reply's link or id, the replies to that reply are listed. post_id is then the reply's id, since on Bluesky a reply is a post, and parent_id is null for the direct ones.
- is_liked_by_author is null unless the thread was read from Bluesky's older route, its fallback. is_pinned is null because Bluesky has no pinned replies.
1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages |
|---|---|---|
Platform API api | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
- Cache hits are free.
- Credits from packs and top-ups never expire.
- A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal.
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Questions about the Bluesky Comments API.
More in the API reference.
Are replies to replies included?
Yes. They come in the same flat list as the direct replies, each with parent_id naming the reply it answers.
How much does the Bluesky Comments API cost?
A page of up to 1,000 replies costs 1 credit. Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.
How do I get the next page?
Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours.
Try it on a link you already have.
Paste it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.
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