Profile

When to use this

Use it to size up an account: exact followers, following and posts, plus bio, images and join date. did is the permanent id; the handle can change.

Accounts that opted out of logged-out visibility (!no-unauthenticated) return 403 not_public.

Unknown, deactivated and suspended accounts return 404 not_found.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/bluesky/profile?handle=bsky.app" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "bsky.app",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/bluesky/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/bluesky/profile",
    params={
        "handle": "bsky.app",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 999994,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "did": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
  "handle": "bsky.app",
  "displayName": "Bluesky",
  "description": "official Bluesky account (check username👆)\n\nBugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app",
  "avatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/b…",
  "banner": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/banner/plain/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/b…",
  "followersCount": 35097048,
  "followsCount": 15,
  "postsCount": 865,
  "createdAt": "2023-04-12T04:53:57.057Z",
  "pinnedPost": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6oveex3ii2l",
  "verified": false,
  "hiddenFromLoggedOut": false
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 30 seconds, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the bluesky_profile tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's bluesky_profile with handle "bsky.app" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls bluesky_profile with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "handle": "bsky.app"
}

Tool results skip nulls and empty lists to save tokens.