Posting on Bluesky Social using Python in 1 minute

Here I will explain quickly how to make a post on Bluesky using its underlying technology (ATProtocol).

First, you need to implement a method to login to Bluesky by creating a session using your regular username and password:

def bsky_login_session(host: str, handle: str, password: str) -> dict:
    resp = requests.post(
        host + "/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createSession",
        json={"identifier": handle, "password": password},
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()
    return resp.json()

Then you will create a post. Let's say a simple post containing a text and an image:

def create_image_post(host: str, handle: str, password: str, text: str, image_url: str):
    session = bsky_login_session(host, handle, password)

    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z")

    post = {
        "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post",
        "text": text,
        "createdAt": now,
        "embed": upload_images(host, session["accessJwt"], image_url)
    }

    # Post payload
    resp = requests.post(
        host + "/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.createRecord",
        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + session["accessJwt"]},
        json={
            "repo": session["did"],
            "collection": "app.bsky.feed.post",
            "record": post,
        },
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()

Now let's test it:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    host = 'https://bsky.social'
    handle = 'yourhandel.bsky.social'
    password = 'your password'

    create_image_post(host, handle, password, 'Cats are awesome', 'images/my_cat.jpg')

As simple as that! You could make your own personalized Bluesky bots which post stuff on the site. It's pretty straightforward and easy to set up, isn't it?

Happy coding
Al

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