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Bluesky

Read public AT Protocol social data with no key or login

💬 Social & WorkUNMONITOREDchecked 1h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Bluesky's public AppView exposes profiles, posts, feeds and follows over plain XRPC calls. Read-only lookups such as fetching a profile work with no key, no login and open CORS. Write actions and private data still require an authenticated session.

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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.app

{
  "did": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
  "handle": "bsky.app",
  "displayName": "Bluesky",
  "description": "official Bluesky account (check username👆)",
  "createdAt": "2023-04-12T04:53:57.057Z",
  "indexedAt": "2025-10-27T21:05:26.152Z"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.app"
const res = await fetch("https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.app");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.app")
print(res.json())
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First rollup pending — GET /xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.app has been probed
GET/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=bsky.appPROBED

Read public AT Protocol social data with no key or login

GET/xrpc

Xrpc — documented GET route.

GET/xrpc/1

Xrpc details by ID (example: 1).

GET/xrpc?limit=10

Xrpc — documented GET route.

GET/xrpc/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?limit=5

App Bsky Actor GetProfile — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Bluesky: common questions

Is Bluesky free to use?

Yes — Bluesky is a free social & work API. Free tier: Free — public AppView, no key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Bluesky need an API key?

No — Bluesky needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Bluesky from the browser?

Yes — Bluesky returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Bluesky up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Bluesky is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.