API Direct

Bluesky Posts

GET /v1/bluesky/posts

Search Bluesky posts by keyword. Returns post text, author, publication date, engagement metrics (likes, replies, reposts, quotes, bookmarks), media, link cards, and quoted posts. Supports sorting, a date window, and fetching multiple pages in a single API call.

Cost

$0.003 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

query *

Search keyword (max 500 characters). Bluesky search operators are supported, including quoted phrases, -exclude, from and lang.

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-20 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 50 posts; you are billed per page returned.

sort_by

Sort order: most_recent or relevance (default: most_recent)

start_date

Only posts from this date onward (format: YYYY-MM-DD)

end_date

Only posts up to this date (format: YYYY-MM-DD)

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik's Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per page to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/bluesky/posts?query=anthropic&pages=1&sort_by=most_recent"   -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/bluesky/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"query": "anthropic", "pages": 1, "sort_by": "most_recent"}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "title": "@papoo7.bsky.social on Bluesky",
      "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/papoo7.bsky.social/post/3mvnldg3l2u24",
      "date": "2026-09-16 16:40:21",
      "author": "papoo7.bsky.social",
      "author_name": "",
      "author_id": "did:plc:57j4dnzyvdjl2bici4u3oero",
      "author_verified": false,
      "source": "Bluesky",
      "domain": "bsky.app",
      "snippet": "Anthropic is asking for brakes after helping build the car\nhttps://papoo.work/doc/f150d1ed17a55c33\n#claudenews #anthropic #claude #llm #agents",
      "likes": 0,
      "replies": 0,
      "reposts": 0,
      "quotes": 0,
      "bookmarks": 0,
      "lang": "en",
      "is_reply": false,
      "in_reply_to_id": "",
      "is_quote": false,
      "quoted_post": null,
      "hashtags": [
        "claudenews",
        "anthropic",
        "claude",
        "llm",
        "agents"
      ],
      "mentions": [],
      "links": [
        "https://papoo.work/doc/f150d1ed17a55c33"
      ],
      "link_preview": {
        "url": "https://papoo.work/doc/f150d1ed17a55c33",
        "title": "Anthropic is asking for brakes after helping build the car",
        "description": "",
        "image_url": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:57j4dnzyvdjl2bici4u3oero/bafkreib5cpnglprvtxzloallnma2vwnzypd2t2nr…"
      },
      "media_type": "text",
      "image_url": "",
      "video_url": "",
      "carousel_media": [],
      "post_id": "at://did:plc:57j4dnzyvdjl2bici4u3oero/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnldg3l2u24"
    }
  ],
  "pages": 1,
  "count": 50
}

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