bsky-bridge: A Python Library for the BlueSky API

bsky-bridge is a Python library designed to bridge the interaction between Python applications and the BlueSky Social Network via its API.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
  • Creating a Session
  • Posting Content
  • Posting Images
  • Posting with Language Specification
• Contribution
• License

Features

• Easy authentication with the BlueSky API.
• Functions to post text and images to BlueSky via the API.
• Parser to identify and extract mentions (@handle), links (URLs), and hashtags (#tags) from text, useful for processing and formatting posts.
• Optional Language Specification: Users can manually specify the languages of their posts using the langs parameter to enhance filtering and parsing capabilities.

Installation

pip install bsky-bridge

Usage

Creating a Session

Start by establishing a session with your BlueSky handle and App passwords (To be created in your account settings):

from bsky_bridge import BskySession

session = BskySession("your_handle.bsky.social", "your_APPpassword")

Posting Content

After initializing a session, you can post text to BlueSky:

from bsky_bridge import BskySession, post_text

session = BskySession("your_handle.bsky.social", "your_APPpassword")

response = post_text(session, "Hello BlueSky!")
print(response)

Posting Images

To post images along with text, you can use the post_image method:

from bsky_bridge import BskySession, post_image

session = BskySession("your_handle.bsky.social", "your_APPpassword")

postText = "Check out this cool image!"
imagePath = "path_to_your_image.jpeg"
altText = "An awesome image"
response = post_image(session, postText, imagePath, altText)
print(response)

Note: The library automatically handles resizing and compressing larger images to ensure they do not exceed 1 MB in size, all while maintaining a quality balance. This ensures efficient and quick image uploads.

Posting with Language Specification

To specify the languages of your post, simply add the langs parameter.

from bsky_bridge import BskySession, post_image

# Initialize the session
session = BskySession("your_handle.bsky.social", "your_APPpassword")

# Define your post text and specify languages
text = "Bonjour le monde!\nHello World!"
specified_langs = ["fr", "en-US"]

# Post the text with specified languages
response = post_text(session, text, langs=specified_langs)
print(response)


# Define your post text, image path, alt text, and specify languages
post_text_content = "Check out this beautiful sunset!\nมองดูพระอาทิตย์ตกที่สวยงามนี้!"
image_path = "sunset.jpeg"
alt_text = "Sunset over the mountains"
specified_langs = ["en-US", "th"]

# Post the image with specified languages
response = post_image(
    session,
    post_text_content,
    image_path,
    alt_text,
    langs=specified_langs
)
print(response)

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please submit issues for any bug or problem you discover, and pull requests for new features or fixes.

License

MIT License