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AT Protocol feed API

Feed, post, timeline, and content operations

AT Protocol feed API is one of 9 APIs that AT Protocol publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include feed. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

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

6 operations 6 paths 7 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://bsky.social/xrpc
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

AT Protocol feed API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated, though some operations may also be called without credentials.

  • bearerAuth — Access JWT obtained from com.atproto.server.createSession

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

feed 6

Feed, post, timeline, and content operations

GET
/app.bsky.feed.getTimeline
Get Timeline
app_bsky_feed_getTimeline 3 params → 200400401
GET
/app.bsky.feed.getAuthorFeed
Get Author Feed
app_bsky_feed_getAuthorFeed 5 params → 200400
GET
/app.bsky.feed.getPosts
Get Posts
app_bsky_feed_getPosts 1 param → 200400
GET
/app.bsky.feed.getPostThread
Get Post Thread
app_bsky_feed_getPostThread 3 params → 200400
GET
/app.bsky.feed.searchPosts
Search Posts
app_bsky_feed_searchPosts 10 params → 200400
GET
/app.bsky.feed.getLikes
Get Likes
app_bsky_feed_getLikes 4 params → 200400

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PostView (13 properties), ProfileView (10 properties), ViewerState (8 properties), Label (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Like
object
3 properties 3 required
Label
object
8 properties 4 required
PostView
object
13 properties 5 required
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
ViewerState
object
Metadata about the relationship between the requesting account and the subject account.
8 properties
ProfileView
object
10 properties 2 required
FeedViewPost
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

atproto-feed-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs AT Protocol publishes across the network.

AT Protocol Firehose (Event Stream)
AT Protocol actor API
AT Protocol graph API
AT Protocol identity API
AT Protocol notification API
AT Protocol repo API
AT Protocol server API
AT Protocol sync API