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Bluesky Actor Profiles API

Operations for managing user profiles, preferences, and actor information.

Bluesky Actor Profiles API is one of 24 APIs that Bluesky publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Actor Profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 35 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

7 operations 7 paths 35 schemas 6 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://bsky.social/xrpc
https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Bluesky Actor Profiles API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Bearer).

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 6 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Actor Profiles 7

Operations for managing user profiles, preferences, and actor information.

GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getPreferences
Bluesky Get private preferences attached to the current account.
actorGetPreferences → 200400401
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile
Bluesky Get detailed profile view of an actor.
actorGetProfile 1 param → 200400401
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfiles
Bluesky Get detailed profile views of multiple actors.
actorGetProfiles 1 param → 200400401
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getSuggestions
Bluesky Get a list of suggested actors.
actorGetSuggestions 2 params → 200400401
POST
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.putPreferences
Bluesky Set the private preferences attached to the account.
actorPutPreferences body → 200400401
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.searchActors
Bluesky Find actors (profiles) matching search criteria.
actorSearchActors 3 params → 200400401
GET
/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead
Bluesky Find actor suggestions for a prefix search term.
actorSearchActorsTypeahead 2 params → 200400401

Schemas 35

The contract defines 35 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AppBskyActorDefsProfileViewDetailed (16 properties), AppBskyActorDefsProfileView (10 properties), AppBskyGraphDefsStarterPackViewBasic (9 properties), ComAtprotoLabelDefsLabel (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AppBskyActorDefsLabelersPref
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyGraphDefsListViewBasic
object
9 properties 4 required
ComAtprotoLabelDefsLabel
object
Metadata tag on an atproto resource (eg, repo or record).
9 properties 4 required
AppBskyActorDefsBskyAppProgressGuide
object
If set, an active progress guide. Once completed, can be set to undefined. Should have unspecced fields tracking progress.
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsFeedViewPref
object
6 properties 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsSavedFeedsPrefV2
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsProfileView
object
10 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsContentLabelPref
object
3 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsMutedWord
object
A word that the account owner has muted.
5 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsProfileAssociatedChat
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsProfileViewDetailed
object
16 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsViewerState
object
Metadata about the requesting account's relationship with the subject account. Only has meaningful content for authed requests.
8 properties
ComAtprotoRepoStrongRef
object
2 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsSavedFeedsPref
object
3 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsProfileAssociated
object
5 properties
AppBskyActorDefsKnownFollowers
object
The subject's followers whom you also follow
2 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsProfileViewBasic
object
8 properties 2 required
AppBskyGraphDefsListPurpose
AppBskyActorDefsHiddenPostsPref
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsBskyAppStatePref
object
A grab bag of state that's specific to the bsky.app program. Third-party apps shouldn't use this.
3 properties
AppBskyActorDefsPersonalDetailsPref
object
1 property
AppBskyActorDefsMutedWordsPref
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsLabelerPrefItem
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyGraphDefsCuratelist
string
A list of actors used for curation purposes such as list feeds or interaction gating.
AppBskyActorDefsNux
object
A new user experiences (NUX) storage object
4 properties 2 required
AppBskyActorDefsThreadViewPref
object
2 properties
AppBskyGraphDefsReferencelist
string
A list of actors used for only for reference purposes such as within a starter pack.
AppBskyActorDefsMutedWordTarget
string
AppBskyGraphDefsModlist
string
A list of actors to apply an aggregate moderation action (mute/block) on.
AppBskyActorDefsAdultContentPref
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyActorDefsInterestsPref
object
1 property 1 required
AppBskyGraphDefsListViewerState
object
2 properties
AppBskyActorDefsSavedFeed
object
4 properties 4 required
AppBskyGraphDefsStarterPackViewBasic
object
9 properties 5 required
AppBskyActorDefsPreferences
array

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bluesky-actor-profiles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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