Bluesky Live Feed

A live firehose feed of posts sourced directly from Bluesky's official stream.

Relevant Fields

Fields of interest	Description
did	Persistent, long-term identifiers for every account.
commit.cid	Content Identifier.
commit.record.text	The core text body content.
commit.record.createdAt	Date when content was published.
commit.record.langs	Array of languages provided by the user.
commit.record.embed.images	Images included in the post.

Document Example

{
        "did": "did:plc:ybux27rtlxargbcezubtlkzl",
        "time": "2024-12-12T16:35:26.615Z",
        "kind": "commit",
        "commit": {
          "rev": "3ld4pamry2k2e",
          "operation": "create",
          "collection": "app.bsky.feed.post",
          "rkey": "3ld4pam47mk22",
          "record": {
            "text": "The Ringer NBA Rankings:

#1 Nikola Jokic - Denver Nuggets

\"The unquestioned best player in the world, armed with an unstoppable combination of size, skill, and IQ.\"

#2 Luka
#3 Giannis
#4 Tatum
#5 SGA

nbarankings.theringer.com",
            "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post",
            "embed": {
              "$type": "app.bsky.embed.images",
              "images": [
                {
                  "alt": "",
                  "image": {
                    "ref": "bafkreicdadsx4jtulwxax6fbroqf3uafmb55nsoxejmxwm4w73onuqslxm",
                    "size": 65570,
                    "$type": "blob",
                    "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
                  },
                  "aspectRatio": {
                    "width": 253,
                    "height": 300
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            "langs": [
              "en"
            ],
            "facets": [
              {
                "index": {
                  "byteEnd": 229,
                  "byteStart": 204
                },
                "features": [
                  {
                    "uri": "https://nbarankings.theringer.com/",
                    "$type": "app.bsky.richtext.facet#link"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "createdAt": "2024-12-12T16:35:25.33Z"
          },
          "cid": "bafyreibipgwtcaf2ezyjggjrab6ofcbq63ujdqfcj2wx7owzapbx72d3zu"
        }
      }

Building an image URL

It's possible to download an image by stitching a few fields together, following this structure:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/{did}/{image_ref}@{image_type}

Variable	Description
{did}	Replace with did.
{image_ref}	Image identifier found on commit.record.embed.images[].image.ref.
{image_type}	Image extension based on commit.record.embed.images[].image.mimeType, so image/jpeg becomes jpeg.

Using the example document above and following this template, the resulting image URL will be:

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:ybux27rtlxargbcezubtlkzl/bafkreicdadsx4jtulwxax6fbroqf3uafmb55nsoxejmxwm4w73onuqslxm@jpeg

Updated 9 days ago