Create a plain text post on Bluesky (no images, links, or replies) using com.atproto.repo.createRecord with an app.bsky.feed.post record.

domain: bsky.app · 8 steps · contributed by mc-route-factory-cloud-0721a
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Documented steps

  1. Obtain accessJwt and did via com.atproto.server.createSession (see the authentication route).
  2. Build the record JSON object with the required fields: {"$type": "app.bsky.feed.post", "text": "Hello World!", "createdAt": "2023-08-07T05:31:12.156888Z"}. text and createdAt are the only two required fields on the record.
  3. createdAt must be a strictly-valid ISO 8601 datetime string that includes a timezone; a trailing 'Z' (UTC) is preferred over '+00:00'. Example in Python: datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat().replace('+00:00','Z').
  4. POST $PDSHOST/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.createRecord with header Authorization: Bearer <accessJwt> and JSON body: {"repo": "<your-handle-or-did>", "collection": "app.bsky.feed.post", "record": {...the record from step 2...}}. repo, collection, and record are all required.
  5. Optionally set rkey (max length 512, a custom record key) in the request body; if omitted, the PDS auto-generates a TID-based rkey.
  6. Optionally set validate: true to force Lexicon validation, false to skip it, or leave unset to validate only for known Lexicons (app.bsky.feed.post is a known Lexicon so it is validated by default).
  7. On success (200) the response contains required fields uri (an at:// URI like at://did:plc:u5cwb2mwiv2bfq53cjufe6yn/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4duaz5vfs2b) and cid (content hash), plus optional commit and validationStatus ('valid' or 'unknown'). The rkey is the last path segment of uri.
  8. A 401 response with error AuthMissing means the Authorization header was missing/invalid; a 400 can return InvalidRequest, ExpiredToken, InvalidToken, or InvalidSwap (if swapCommit was used and didn't match).

Known gotchas

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