# Bluesky, free: Bluesky post API

> Get a view of an actor's 'author feed' (post and reposts by the author). Does not require auth.

Bluesky's Bluesky post API on its Public AppView plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns all 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
Bluesky limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
Half of the 40 plans we rank by price cost $0.038 per 1,000 posts or less. This plan has the lowest price per 1,000 posts of the 40 plans.
[Bluesky](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt), [API Direct](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-bluesky-user-posts-bluesky-user-posts/llms.txt) and [ScrapingIsNotACrime](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/199-pack/llms.txt) are the best Bluesky post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free
- [Best Bluesky post API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-bluesky-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-feed-get-author-feed?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: Bluesky (https://bsky.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 72.3
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 56
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a view of an actor's 'author feed' (post and reposts by the author). Does not require auth.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.10 s

## The call

- You send: actor. Optional: limit, cursor, filter, includePins
- Method: GET
- Path: /xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed

## About the plan

- Plan: Public AppView
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 35 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, content ID, text, created at, language, hashtags, mentions, links, link card, media, quoted post, reply count, repost count, like count, quote count, bookmark count, indexed at, labels, author ID, author username, author name, author profile picture, author verified, is reply, reply root, reply parent, reply grandparent author, is repost, reposted by, reposted at, pinned, thread gate, thread post count, thread post index, next cursor

## Bluesky's plans (1)

- [Bluesky, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored

## Bluesky's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed`: [Bluesky, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)

## Bluesky's APIs (2)

- [Bluesky: Bluesky post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)
- [Bluesky: Bluesky profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)

## Bluesky: Bluesky post API alternatives

- [API Direct, free tier, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [Bright Data, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bright-data/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Captapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/captapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://bsky.social/about/support/tos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/api-directory?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-feed-get-author-feed?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://endpoints.bsky.app/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:4v4y5r3lwsbtmsxhile2ljac/app.bsky.feed.defs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:4v4y5r3lwsbtmsxhile2ljac/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing
- https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:4v4y5r3lwsbtmsxhile2ljac/app.bsky.feed.post?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-post-api-pricing