> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration.

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/bluesky/posts/get](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/bluesky/posts/get)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/bluesky/posts/get.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/bluesky/posts/get.mdx)

## API base URL and authentication

- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json](https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json)

## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)

- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [SDK reference](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk-reference.mdx) — exhaustive SDK method inventory and route mapping for agents, tooling, and power users.
- [Choose the right endpoint](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/choose-endpoint.mdx) — task-oriented route selection for smoke tests, profiles, list endpoints, and single-item lookups.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — fast comparison of identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, and SDK coverage.
- [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, SDK, and REST API connection paths.
- [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 87 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help.
- [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples.
- [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start.
- [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI).
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.

## Markdown docs convention

- Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`).
- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).

---
# Get Bluesky post (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/bluesky/posts/get)

## Summary

Get a single Bluesky post by URL.

**Tags:** `Bluesky`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/bluesky/posts`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.bluesky.getPost({ url })`
- **Accepted identifiers:** `url` (query)
- **Pagination:** none
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Normalization failure (502):** 0 credits charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `url` (query)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
- **Description:** Link to the Bluesky post.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: Bluesky post lookup result.
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the response (unexpected or invalid data).
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

Bluesky post lookup result.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. Whether the post was found.
  - **post** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Primary post when found.
    - **id** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Stable Bluesky post URI (at://…).
    - **cid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Content id when available.
    - **url** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Canonical public Bluesky web URL for the post.
    - **text** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Post text body when available.
    - **createdAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. ISO-8601 timestamp when the post was created.
    - **indexedAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. ISO-8601 timestamp when the post was indexed.
  - **author** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Author when found.
    - **platform** (required) — type `string`; enum: bluesky. Social platform for this author.
    - **platformUserId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Stable Bluesky user id as a string.
    - **handle** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Bluesky handle without a leading @.
    - **displayName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Public display name when available.
    - **avatarUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Avatar image URL when available.
    - **verified** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the profile is marked as verified.
  - **metrics** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Metrics when found.
    - **likes** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Like count when available.
    - **reposts** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Repost count when available.
    - **replies** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Reply count when available.
    - **quotes** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Quote count when available.
  - **embed** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Embed when present.
    - **kind** (required) — type `string`; enum: external, images, video, record, unknown. Normalized embed kind.
    - **external** (required) — type `object`; nullable. External link card when kind is external.
      - **url** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Linked page URL.
      - **title** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card title when available.
      - **description** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card description when available.
      - **thumbUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card thumbnail URL when available.
    - **images** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Images when kind is images.
      - _items:_
        - **url** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Image URL.
        - **alt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Alt text when available.
    - **video** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Video details when kind is video.
      - **url** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Playable video URL when available.
      - **thumbnailUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Video thumbnail URL when available.
      - **alt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Alt text when available.
    - **record** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Quoted record when kind is record.
      - **uri** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Quoted or referenced post URI.
      - **cid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Content id when available.
  - **replies** (required) — type `array`. Top-level replies when available.
    - _items:_
      - **id** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Stable Bluesky post URI (at://…).
      - **cid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Content id when available.
      - **url** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Canonical public Bluesky web URL for the post.
      - **text** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Post text body when available.
      - **createdAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. ISO-8601 timestamp when the post was created.
      - **indexedAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. ISO-8601 timestamp when the post was indexed.
      - **author** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Author snapshot when available.
        - **platform** (required) — type `string`; enum: bluesky. Social platform for this author.
        - **platformUserId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Stable Bluesky user id as a string.
        - **handle** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Bluesky handle without a leading @.
        - **displayName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Public display name when available.
        - **avatarUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Avatar image URL when available.
        - **verified** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the profile is marked as verified.
      - **metrics** (required) — type `object`. Engagement metrics when available.
        - **likes** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Like count when available.
        - **reposts** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Repost count when available.
        - **replies** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Reply count when available.
        - **quotes** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Quote count when available.
      - **embed** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Embed when present.
        - **kind** (required) — type `string`; enum: external, images, video, record, unknown. Normalized embed kind.
        - **external** (required) — type `object`; nullable. External link card when kind is external.
          - **url** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Linked page URL.
          - **title** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card title when available.
          - **description** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card description when available.
          - **thumbUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Link card thumbnail URL when available.
        - **images** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Images when kind is images.
          - _items:_
        - **video** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Video details when kind is video.
          - **url** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Playable video URL when available.
          - **thumbnailUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Video thumbnail URL when available.
          - **alt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Alt text when available.
        - **record** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Quoted record when kind is record.
          - **uri** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Quoted or referenced post URI.
          - **cid** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Content id when available.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "post": {
      "id": "at://did:plc:x7d6j54pm22ufehkes6jo4jf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g",
      "cid": "bafyreibams5wyqdpg2cmmks7lhf5ccxu7hbu24sfatgc53jmb2nun5k5dm",
      "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/espn.com/post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g",
      "text": "Oilers' defenseman Mattias Ekholm is set to return to action Thursday for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the Stars.\n\nEkholm has been out of the Oilers' lineup since April 11 with an undisclosed injury.",
      "createdAt": "2025-05-29T19:01:20.743Z",
      "indexedAt": "2025-05-29T19:01:21.645Z"
    },
    "author": {
      "platform": "bluesky",
      "platformUserId": "did:plc:x7d6j54pm22ufehkes6jo4jf",
      "handle": "espn.com",
      "displayName": "ESPN",
      "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:x7d6j54pm22ufehkes6jo4jf/bafkreie4oxawqqsfzvk47ysr3unsnmviedzpylxmwxnpa534to2bzas4ie@jpeg",
      "verified": true
    },
    "metrics": {
      "likes": 24,
      "reposts": 0,
      "replies": 1,
      "quotes": 1
    },
    "embed": {
      "kind": "external",
      "external": {
        "url": "http://spr.ly/63320N4OEy",
        "title": "Oilers' Ekholm set for return in Game 5 vs. Stars",
        "description": "The Oilers apparently will have defenseman Mattias Ekholm back in their lineup for Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the Stars.",
        "thumbUrl": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x7d6j54pm22ufehkes6jo4jf/bafkreihhffgngv4thcnw7sh7o43qnwwyjvfemdlccwalu76r3vnhlbssle@jpeg"
      },
      "images": null,
      "video": null,
      "record": null
    },
    "replies": [
      {
        "id": "at://did:plc:dzsbhwnnvblrpyy2fpnmaih3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdii5jmmc2p",
        "cid": "bafyreicrfgr5rge655xy6wsgmdiexanr2vhwib7fkjbgu4kku3gzjzwowu",
        "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/thinkasaurus.bsky.social/post/3lqdii5jmmc2p",
        "text": "Alright! Now I have a reason to root for Edmonton aside from my burning hatred of Dallas!",
        "createdAt": "2025-05-29T19:50:31.613Z",
        "indexedAt": "2025-05-29T19:50:32.451Z",
        "author": {
          "platform": "bluesky",
          "platformUserId": "did:plc:dzsbhwnnvblrpyy2fpnmaih3",
          "handle": "thinkasaurus.bsky.social",
          "displayName": "Doris the Thinkasaurus",
          "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:dzsbhwnnvblrpyy2fpnmaih3/bafkreielkwohfe37wdka5336fl2sxijxur242dhovdb2edkk56yuzl4fyu@jpeg",
          "verified": false
        },
        "metrics": {
          "likes": 0,
          "reposts": 0,
          "replies": 0,
          "quotes": 0
        },
        "embed": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_01example",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the response (unexpected or invalid data). **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.bluesky.getPost({
  url: "https://bsky.app/profile/espn.com/post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g",
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/bluesky/posts?url=https://bsky.app/profile/espn.com/post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/bluesky/posts?url=https://bsky.app/profile/espn.com/post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/bluesky/posts?url=https://bsky.app/profile/espn.com/post/3lqdfq7fkvm2g",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```