Bluesky Post API. Send a post link or ID.
Exact likes, replies, reposts and quotes. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Bluesky Post API at a glance
Returns a public Bluesky post from any of its links or its at:// ID, with exact like, reply, repost, quote and bookmark counts. It also has the full text with hashtags, mentions and full link URLs, the publish time, languages, images and video with alt text, the link card, the post it quotes, the post it replies to and the thread's root, moderation labels, and the author with their verified badge and stable DID.
GET /v1/bluesky/post
- 1 credit per request, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 requests
- 22 typed fields null when unknown
urlis all it needs, e.g.https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l- 100 credits free when you sign up, no card, so you can build before you spend
Send one request. Get 22 fields back.
Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free.
$ npm install socialtapurl = https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2lconst params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);import os
import requests
res = requests.get(
"https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post",
params={"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l"},
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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])require "json"
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l')
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/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post?"+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"`
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/post' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [],
"author": {
"avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/bafkreihwihm6kpd6zuwhhlro75p5qks5qtrcu55jp3gddbfjsieiv7wuka",
"display_name": "Bluesky",
"id": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
"is_verified": true,
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app",
"username": "bsky.app"
},
"coauthors": [],
"duration_ms": null,
"hashtags": [],
"id": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6oveex3ii2l",
"is_nsfw": false,
"is_pinned": null,
"is_sponsored": null,
"language": "en",
"media": [],
"mentions": [],
"metrics": {
"comment_count": 8711,
"like_count": 63751,
"quote_count": 723,
"repost_count": 9550,
"save_count": 276,
"share_count": null,
"view_count": null
},
"platform": "bluesky",
"platform_specific": {
"bluesky": {
"bridged_from_url": null,
"cid": "bafyreicnt42y6vo6pfpvyro234ac4o6ijug6adwwrh7awflgrqlt4zibxq",
"created_at": "2024-10-17T07:06:51Z",
"embedded_record_uri": null,
"indexed_at": "2024-10-17T07:06:51Z",
"labels": [],
"languages": [
"en"
],
"link_card": null,
"links": [],
"quoted_post": null,
"quoted_post_id": null,
"reply_root_post_id": null,
"reply_to_post_id": null,
"reposted_at": null,
"reposted_by": null
}
},
"platform_type": null,
"published_at": "2024-10-17T07:06:51Z",
"text": "👋 Bluesky is an open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience. We're so excited to have you here! \n\nWe share Bluesky updates & news from this account. A quick orientation thread: 🧵✨",
"thumbnail_url": null,
"title": null,
"type": "text",
"unknown_fields": [],
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "bluesky",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 206,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "post",
"id": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6oveex3ii2l",
"url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l"
},
"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.post.get({ url: "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l" });
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/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post?" + 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/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/post?" + 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/post")
.query(&[("url", "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l")])
.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/postDocs One schema on 21 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), which is the id every answer gives.
Write one parser
Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring- Canonical post URL.
typestring- Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring- The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring- Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring- Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring- BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Bluesky Post API.
Read a post from a shared link
Track a post's likes and reposts over time
Archive a post's text, media and alt text
Follow a quote or reply to its source
Good to know before you build.
- A post's id is its at:// URI, which names the account by its DID and so outlives a change of handle. url takes it back.
- A post by an account that chose to be seen only by signed-in people returns private_or_unavailable, as the app answers a logged-out visitor.
- A video's url is its HLS playlist, the one the app plays. Bluesky doesn't state a video's length, so duration_ms is null.
- If Bluesky's AppView (its main API) is down, the post is read from its author's own repository instead. Its counts, the author's badge and is_nsfw are then null, url names the author by DID, and a partial_data warning says so.
- The replies to a post are not part of this response. is_pinned is null because Bluesky states a pin on the account, not the post.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform.
| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
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.
- Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
- Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID.
Questions about the Bluesky Post API.
More in the API reference.
How much does the Bluesky Post API cost?
Try it on a link you already have.
Paste it in the playground, or copy the request into your code.
- No credit card
- Failed requests are free
- Works on all 218 endpoints