The Bluesky API has no gatekeeper
No developer app, no use-case review, no licence fee - a handle and an app password are the whole credential. The only thing between you and a published post is the AT Protocol itself.
✓ No developer app to register ✓ No review queue ✓ 1,666 new records/hour, the ceiling Bluesky sets
Building an agent instead of an app? The same account works with our Bluesky MCP server.
curl https://api.outstand.so/v1/posts/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTSTAND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "content": "hello from the API 🦋 read more at https://outstand.so", "accounts": ["YOUR_BLUESKY_ACCOUNT_ID"] }'Links, @mentions and #hashtags become clickable automatically. Add images, or containers[] for a thread.
Nobody gates you - the protocol taxes you instead
With no app to submit, the work is all protocol: authenticate against the user's PDS, resolve their DID, and createRecord with byte-indexed facets for every link, mention and hashtag. Set that against Instagram's app review, where the plumbing is easy and the approval is the wait.
Everything Bluesky supports, through one endpoint
Every content type available on Bluesky via Outstand today.
Text posts
Images (up to 4)
Threads
Link cards
Plus automatic rich-text facets. Reading or replying to replies is not yet exposed.
Copy, paste, ship
The same accounts array also fans out to X, Threads and LinkedIn - one request, many platforms.
Authenticate against Bluesky directly - no app registration
# No client ID, no client secret, no approved app - a handle and an app
# password from bsky.app/settings/app-passwords are the whole credential.
curl https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createSession \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "identifier": "you.bsky.social", "password": "'"$BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD"'" }'
# → { "did": "did:plc:...", "accessJwt": "...", "refreshJwt": "..." }
# accessJwt lasts ~2 hours; refreshJwt renews it.Post with images (up to 4)
curl https://api.outstand.so/v1/posts/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTSTAND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"content": "launch day 📸",
"accounts": ["YOUR_BLUESKY_ACCOUNT_ID"],
"media": [
{ "url": "https://media.outstand.so/1.jpg", "filename": "1.jpg" },
{ "url": "https://media.outstand.so/2.jpg", "filename": "2.jpg" }
]
}'Post a thread
curl https://api.outstand.so/v1/posts/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTSTAND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"accounts": ["YOUR_BLUESKY_ACCOUNT_ID"],
"containers": [
{ "content": "a thread on building in the open 🧵" },
{ "content": "1/ share early" },
{ "content": "2/ listen, then ship" }
]
}'Schedule a post (up to 30 days out)
curl https://api.outstand.so/v1/posts/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTSTAND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "content": "going live Friday ⏰", "accounts": ["YOUR_BLUESKY_ACCOUNT_ID"], "scheduledAt": "2026-07-03T16:00:00Z" }'Read analytics
curl https://api.outstand.so/v1/posts/{id}/analytics \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OUTSTAND_API_KEY"
# → likes, reposts, replies, quotesLive in three steps
From signup to your first Bluesky post in about five minutes.
Connect Bluesky
Your user pastes a handle and an app password from bsky.app/settings/app-passwords. No developer app, no review.
Call POST /v1/posts/
Send text and media with accounts: ["YOUR_BLUESKY_ACCOUNT_ID"]. Use containers[] for a thread, or scheduledAt to schedule.
We do the atproto work
Session, DID, facets, blob upload, reply refs and retries - returned with the published post URI.
Bluesky API pricing and access
The shortest access section on this site, because there is almost nothing to tell you: Bluesky charges nothing and approves nobody. What is left is rate limits, and they are published.
https URL serving a public JSON metadata file, with no client secret shared at all. Set against Instagram's app review, that is publishing a file versus waiting on a verdict.So why pay us for Bluesky at all? On its own, you would not - going direct is a weekend of work and costs nothing, and we would rather say so. What you buy is the other 11 platforms, the ones with the audits and the review queues, reached through the request you already wrote for Bluesky.
More than a Bluesky wrapper
One integration that grows with everything you ship next.
One API, 12 platforms
One request publishes to Bluesky and 11 more networks. Same JSON shape everywhere - learn one API, ship them all.
App password, not OAuth
Bluesky has no OAuth app for us to get approved, so there is no managed-credential advantage to buy here. Your user brings their own app password and owns it.
Built for scale
Intelligent rate limiting, automatic token refresh, webhook events and media processing.
Honest pricing
$19/mo includes 3,000 posts, then from $0.007/post. No seats, no annual lock-in.
What you can build
Same endpoints, same data shapes - pick what you ship.
Social schedulers
Let your users queue and auto-publish Bluesky content from your app.
AI agents
Give Claude or GPT a tool to post to Bluesky. MCP server included.
Analytics dashboards
Pull Bluesky reach and engagement alongside every other platform.
Agencies & white-label
Run Bluesky posting for clients under your own brand and app.
Bluesky API FAQ
The questions developers ask before they build.
Does Bluesky have an official API?
Yes - the open AT Protocol. There is no central endpoint, though: every account lives on a PDS, and writes go to that account’s own host.
Is the Bluesky API free?
Yes. No licence fee, no paid tier, no per-call charge. The rate limits are the only ceiling, and they are the same ones any account has.
Do I need approval or an API key to post to Bluesky?
No. No developer app, no use-case form, no review queue. atproto registers OAuth clients from a public JSON file served at your client ID URL, with no client secret at all - and the app-password route needs not even that.
Do I need an app password to post to Bluesky?
For Outstand, yes - created at bsky.app/settings/app-passwords and pasted in. Bluesky has no OAuth app for us to register on your behalf, so unlike every other network we connect there is no managed OAuth shortcut here, and no app review to skip either.
What are the Bluesky API rate limits?
A points budget on writes: 5,000 points an hour and 35,000 a day per account, at 3 points per create - so 1,666 new records an hour at most. Plus 3,000 requests per 5 minutes per IP. Over the line is an HTTP 429, and Outstand queues and retries underneath it.
Can I post images and video to Bluesky via API?
Yes - up to 10 images, or one video, per post. Outstand uploads each as a blob and embeds it in the post record.
Do links, mentions and hashtags become clickable?
Yes. The AT Protocol needs byte-indexed facets for that; Outstand computes them, so @handles and #hashtags just work.
Can I post a thread on Bluesky via API?
Yes. Send a containers[] array - the first is the root post, each one after is a reply with the right root and parent refs.
Can I schedule Bluesky posts via the API?
Yes. Add a scheduledAt ISO-8601 timestamp up to 30 days ahead - no cron or queue on your side.
Can I delete a Bluesky post via the API?
Yes. Bluesky supports deleting records, and Outstand exposes it through DELETE /v1/posts/{id}/remote.
Ship Bluesky posting today
Grab an API key and publish your first Bluesky post in the next five minutes. 3,000 posts included, then $0.007/post.
One API, every network
Read the Bluesky setup guide , or see how the same request works on every other platform.