# Bluesky Post Search API Bluesky Returns public Bluesky posts that match your words, newest or top first, filtered by date, language, author, mention, hashtag or site. Each post has its link, publish time, full text with hashtags, mentions and full link URLs, images and video, link card, quote and reply, and exact like, reply, repost, quote and bookmark counts. Page back through the newest-first results with the cursor. GET `/v1/bluesky/search_posts` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/search_posts?query=bitcoin&sort=newest' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.bluesky.searchPosts.list({ query: "bitcoin", sort: "newest" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "bitcoin", sort: "newest", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/search_posts?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/search_posts", params={"query": "bitcoin", "sort": "newest"}, 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "bitcoin") q.Set("sort", "newest") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/search_posts?"+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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "approximate_fields": [], "author": { "avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:hlod3gl5ewwglnr4yarddcrk/bafkreihy5kd5vnqqs77wtxzdf5kdyq24x23vtawwb5knkz7wh5yesamsoy", "display_name": "Swiss Whale Intelligence 🇨🇭", "id": "did:plc:hlod3gl5ewwglnr4yarddcrk", "is_verified": false, "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/btcwhalealerts.com", "username": "btcwhalealerts.com" }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": null, "hashtags": [ "Bitcoin", "Crypto" ], "id": "at://did:plc:hlod3gl5ewwglnr4yarddcrk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjyfostuj2n", "is_nsfw": false, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "language": "en", "media": [], "mentions": [], "metrics": { "comment_count": 0, "like_count": 0, "quote_count": 0, "repost_count": 0, "save_count": 0, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "platform": "bluesky", "platform_specific": { "bluesky": { "bridged_from_url": null, "cid": "bafyreiduygaoktbbpfbii3ds5d4nkmu5c3yfjwqvlwkeqzrhoxa5gxpgvy", "created_at": "2026-11-05T04:04:24Z", "embedded_record_uri": null, "indexed_at": "2026-11-05T04:04:24Z", "labels": [], "languages": [ "en" ], "link_card": null, "links": [ "https://swisswhaleintelligence.com/tx/8b044d3165b582ac112c14b3afc7ff017dba8bd3f124b03dbbf9912a27e0bfaa" ], "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": "2026-11-05T04:04:24Z", "text": "🐳 4,259 BTC ($343.7M) whale transfer\nPast similar activity: avg -2.2% price drop 72h after.\n\nhttps://swisswhaleintelligence.com/tx/8b044d3165b582ac112c14b3afc7ff017dba8bd3f124b03dbbf9912a27e0bfaa #Bitcoin #Crypto", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "type": "text", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/btcwhalealerts.com/post/3mzjyfostuj2n" }, { "approximate_fields": [], "author": { "avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:pnmlwvud7rkanzzns5nanon6/bafkreibjn6xzku5qrjmp4s7abkf753wh5h7youodu7jgynnwtnwtbl2ciu", "display_name": "Pandavana Crypto News", "id": "did:plc:pnmlwvud7rkanzzns5nanon6", "is_verified": false, "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/pandacrypto.bsky.social", "username": "pandacrypto.bsky.social" }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": null, "hashtags": [ "Crypto", "Solana" ], "id": "at://did:plc:pnmlwvud7rkanzzns5nanon6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjyf2labq2g", "is_nsfw": false, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "language": null, "media": [], "mentions": [], "metrics": { "comment_count": 0, "like_count": 0, "quote_count": 0, "repost_count": 0, "save_count": 0, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "platform": "bluesky", "platform_specific": { "bluesky": { "bridged_from_url": null, "cid": "bafyreibohrvfnua3lpwuaqnnfssupil4q64mrmtzlktlqchfuqzrnubx3e", "created_at": "2026-11-05T04:04:02Z", "embedded_record_uri": null, "indexed_at": "2026-11-05T04:04:03Z", "labels": [], "languages": [], "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": "2026-11-05T04:04:02Z", "text": "#Crypto Prices:\r\n\r\nBitcoin $80,414.50\r\nEthereum $2,418.80\r\nXRP $1.31\r\n#Solana $96.16\r\nSui $0.93\r\n\r\n\r\n", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "type": "text", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/pandacrypto.bsky.social/post/3mzjyf2labq2g" }, { "approximate_fields": [], "author": { "avatar_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:vjpyc66fyniyqp2v6j7mxdvm/bafkreicg6htpnqv6cih6dhdxemkzugqmg4sqpgsfys5stz74ckwocynnoi", "display_name": "miatone.bsky.social", "id": "did:plc:vjpyc66fyniyqp2v6j7mxdvm", "is_verified": false, "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/miatone.bsky.social", "username": "miatone.bsky.social" }, "coauthors": [], "duration_ms": null, "hashtags": [], "id": "at://did:plc:vjpyc66fyniyqp2v6j7mxdvm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjya6ieog2l", "is_nsfw": false, "is_pinned": null, "is_sponsored": null, "language": null, "media": [], "mentions": [], "metrics": { "comment_count": 0, "like_count": 0, "quote_count": 0, "repost_count": 0, "save_count": 0, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "platform": "bluesky", "platform_specific": { "bluesky": { "bridged_from_url": null, "cid": "bafyreib4vxlqmmhsycxfkhzj27k4466dgooh2rbmiod3gqf2bey3ryiqxu", "created_at": "2026-11-05T04:01:18Z", "embedded_record_uri": null, "indexed_at": "2026-11-05T04:01:19Z", "labels": [], "languages": [], "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": "2026-11-05T04:01:18Z", "text": "This caught my attention today: Nearly $1 Billion in Crypto Liquidations Hit as Bitcoin Jumps 4.6%", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "type": "text", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/miatone.bsky.social/post/3mzjya6ieog2l" } ], "page": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR", "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z", "end_reason": null }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "bluesky", "source": "api", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 560, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - Results come from Bluesky's own search, read without a login. Bluesky's app offers search only to signed-in people, so Bluesky could close this route, and the endpoint would then answer from the web search fallback below. > - When Bluesky's search doesn't answer, the first page comes from a public web search's index instead, with each post it finds read from Bluesky, so its fields stay full. A partial_data warning names the sort and filters it couldn't fully apply. That list holds only what the index has, often a small part of what Bluesky has and very little on rare words, non-Latin text or recent dates, in the engine's ranking rather than the order you asked for. > - If Bluesky's other routes are down too, the posts are what the index shows of them: id names the author as the link does, type reads text, text is the index's copy and can be cut short, the time comes from the post's record key, and the warning lists the fields left null. Repeat the request later for the full answer. > - A next_cursor continues the list it came from. If Bluesky's search stops answering partway through a walk, that page fails with a retryable error rather than continue on a different list. Start without the cursor for the fallback's list. > - A post whose author chose to be seen only by signed-in people is left out, as everywhere on Bluesky without a login, so a page can hold fewer posts than its limit, or none, and still have a next_cursor. On some searches that is a large share of the results, above all in Japanese. Bluesky's search also hides a few posts of its own. > - sort=newest goes by the time each post states, to the second, as Bluesky's search does, so a post imported from elsewhere or with a wrong clock can sit out of order by published_at. since and until filter by that time and then by published_at, so an imported post whose published_at lies outside them is left out. > - When more posts share one second than a page holds, the walk goes on past that second without the rest, and that page says so with an items_omitted warning. > - sort=popular serves one page, because Bluesky doesn't serve its Top ranking further, and the page ends with platform_limit. > - An author, mention or tag nobody has returns an empty page, not an error, as Bluesky's search does. mentions matches posts that really link the account, and an @handle in the query is read the same way. > - Case does not matter. The query's own site: operators are removed, and intitle:, inurl:, in: and operators like them are read as the plain words they name. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` required | `string`
max 200 chars | Words to find posts by, as Bluesky's search reads them: a topic, a phrase in quotes, a #hashtag or an @handle, and a leading - leaves a word out (climate change, "coffee roaster" -bean, #atproto). Bluesky's own from:, to:, mentions:, since:, until:, lang: and domain: operators are read as this endpoint's params. | `climate change` | | `sort` optional | `string` | Order of the results. newest (default): newest first, a page after a page back through time. popular: Bluesky's Top ranking, which favours posts with engagement, one page only.
One of `newest`, `popular` | — | | `author` optional | `string`
max 300 chars | Only posts by this account: a handle, a DID or a profile link. | `espn.com` | | `mentions` optional | `string`
max 300 chars | Only posts that mention this account: a handle, a DID or a profile link. | `nasa.gov` | | `tag` optional | `string`
max 100 chars | Only posts with this hashtag, with or without the #. | `atproto` | | `domain` optional | `string`
max 253 chars | Only posts that link to this domain or a subdomain of it. | `espn.com` | | `links_to` optional | `string`
max 2,000 chars | Only posts that link to this page: a full URL. | `https://www.nytimes.com/` | | `lang` optional | `string`
bcp47 | Preferred language: a BCP-47 tag such as en or pt-BR (case-insensitive; _ is read as -). Only posts in this language, by the tags their author set: a BCP-47 tag, of which Bluesky reads the language alone (pt-BR finds what pt finds). | `en` | | `since` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. By the post's stated time, to the second. | `2026-10-01` | | `until` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). By the post's stated time, to the second. | `2026-10-08` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 100 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `100` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — | Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination. **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — | ## Response ### 200 `{data, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 100 [post](https://socialtap.dev/resources/post/index.md) objects, newest first, by the time each post states, to the second; `page` says how to get the next page; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Bluesky has are under `platform_specific.bluesky`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data[].platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). | | `data[].id` | `string` | Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix). | | `data[].url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical post URL. | | `data[].type` | `string` | Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `video`, `image`, `carousel`, `text`, `link`, `audio` | | `data[].platform_type` | `string` or `null` | The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …). | | `data[].title` | `string` or `null` | Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms. | | `data[].text` | `string` or `null` | Caption, description or body as plain text. | | `data[].language` | `string` or `null` | BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it. | | `data[].published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post went public, RFC 3339 UTC. | | `data[].author` | `object` | The posting 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: \[deleted\]). A post credited to what is no account of the platform's (an Apple Music radio episode's show) has a null id and username, and every other field null too when the platform doesn't name it. | | `data[].author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].coauthors` | `object[]` | Other accounts credited as co-authors of the post (Instagram and Facebook collabs, YouTube collaborations), in the platform's order, author excluded; \[\] if none. | | `data[].coauthors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].coauthors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].coauthors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].coauthors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].coauthors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].coauthors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Length of the primary video or audio in milliseconds; null for other posts. | | `data[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Cover or poster image URL. | | `data[].media` | `object[]` | Attachments in display order (carousel items); \[\] for text posts. | | `data[].media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` | | `data[].media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. | | `data[].media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. | | `data[].media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. | | `data[].media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. | | `data[].media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. | | `data[].media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). | | `data[].media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. | | `data[].hashtags` | `string[]` | Hashtags without #, case kept; \[\] if none. | | `data[].mentions` | `string[]` | Mentioned or tagged usernames without @; \[\] if none. | | `data[].is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned to the author's profile. | | `data[].is_sponsored` | `boolean` or `null` | Labeled as a paid partnership or branded content. | | `data[].is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | Marked adult or sensitive by the platform. | | `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data[].metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. | | `data[].metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. | | `data[].metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. | | `data[].metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). | | `data[].metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. | | `data[].metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. | | `data[].metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. | | `data[].platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky` | `object` or `null` | A Bluesky post's own fields. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.cid` | `string` or `null` | The content hash (CID) of this version of the post's record. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.indexed_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When Bluesky's AppView first saw the post, RFC 3339 UTC; null when the record was read from the account's own repository instead of the AppView. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.created_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | The time the post's own record states, RFC 3339 UTC: the author's client writes it, so it can be earlier than the post went public (an imported archive) or later than it; null when it can't be read as a time. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.languages` | `string[]` | Every language the author tagged the post with, in the author's order; \[\] when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.labels` | `string[]` | Moderation and self labels on the post (porn, sexual, nudity, graphic-media, spam, …), as Bluesky names them; \[\] when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.links` | `string[]` | The full URLs the post's text links to, in text order; the text itself shows them shortened. \[\] when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.link_card` | `object` or `null` | The link preview card the post shows; null when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.link_card.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The page it links to. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.link_card.title` | `string` or `null` | The card's title. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.link_card.description` | `string` or `null` | The card's description. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.link_card.thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The card's image. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post_id` | `string` or `null` | The at:// ID of the post this one quotes; null when it quotes none. Stays set when the quoted post can't be shown. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post` | `object` or `null` | The post this one quotes, as Bluesky embeds it; null when it quotes none, or when the quoted post was deleted, is blocked, was detached by its author, or its author shows it only to signed-in people. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.id` | `string` or `null` | Its at:// ID. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its URL. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.text` | `string` or `null` | Its text. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it went public, RFC 3339 UTC. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author` | `object` | Its author. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media` | `object[]` | Its images and video; \[\] when none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics` | `object` | Its own counts at fetch time. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Views or plays. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes, hearts, total reactions or upvotes; never negative. Null when hidden by the owner. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments and replies. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.share_count` | `integer` or `null` | Shares or sends (not reposts). | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.repost_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reposts, retweets or reshares. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.quote_count` | `integer` or `null` | Quote posts. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.quoted_post.metrics.save_count` | `integer` or `null` | Saves, bookmarks or favorites. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.embedded_record_uri` | `string` or `null` | The at:// URI of a custom feed, list or starter pack the post embeds; null when it embeds none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reply_to_post_id` | `string` or `null` | The at:// ID of the post this one replies to; null when it is not a reply. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reply_root_post_id` | `string` or `null` | The at:// ID of the post that started the thread; null when this post is not a reply. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.bridged_from_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The link Bridgy Fed records for a post it brought to Bluesky from the fediverse or the web, usually where the post was first published; null when it was written on Bluesky. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by` | `object` or `null` | The account whose repost put this post in the list; null when it is the account's own post, and on an endpoint that reads one post. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_by.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data[].platform_specific.bluesky.reposted_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the account reposted it, RFC 3339 UTC; null when it is the account's own post. | | `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. | | `data[].unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. | not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned. ### 400 400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. | | `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. | ### 401 401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. | ### 402 402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. | ### 403 403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. | ### 404 404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. | ### 429 429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. | ### 503 503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. | ## Pagination Items come in pages, **newest first, by the time each post states, to the second**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early). - **Order**: `sort=newest` (the default): newest first, by the time each post states, to the second; `sort=popular`: Bluesky's Top ranking - **Page size**: Up to 100 posts (the default; `limit` lowers it) - **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors - **Price**: Per page, 1 credit ### The `page` object | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. | | `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. | | `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. | | `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/bluesky/search_posts?query=bitcoin&sort=newest&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` - The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end). - A `limit` below 100 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list. - Errors are free, including a rejected cursor. - Pages served from the cache are free. - An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. [Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md) ## Pricing From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Web search. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | **Balance, sources and what you were charged** Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `api` | Platform API | The platform's public, logged-out API. | | `web_search` | Web search | A public web search engine's index of the platform's pages, where the platform has no logged-out search of its own: each result is what the index shows of the item, which can be days or weeks old. | `meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `bluesky.search_posts` · operationId `bluesky.search_posts.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/search_posts/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/bluesky/search_posts/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)