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AT Protocol Actor API

Bluesky actor profiles (app.bsky.actor.*)

AT Protocol Actor API is one of 12 APIs that AT Protocol publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Actor. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://bsky.social, https://api.bsky.app.

3 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://atproto.com/xrpc
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

AT Protocol Actor API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — AT Protocol XRPC bearer auth using the accessJwt returned by com.atproto.server.createSession. The refreshJwt is used for com.atproto.server.refreshSession.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Actor 3

Bluesky actor profiles (app.bsky.actor.)

GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile
Get a Bluesky profile
1 param → 200
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfiles
Get multiple Bluesky profiles
1 param → 200
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.searchActors
Search for actors
3 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

at-protocol-actor-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs AT Protocol publishes across the network.

AT Protocol XRPC API
AT Protocol Lexicon Schemas
Personal Data Server (PDS) API
AT Protocol Relay & Firehose
Bluesky AppView API
AT Protocol Identity (DID & Handles)
AT Protocol Feed API
AT Protocol Graph API
AT Protocol Identity API
AT Protocol Repo API
AT Protocol Server API