NEWS

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bskyr 0.5.0

• Adds support for custom Personal Data Servers (PDS). (#51)
  • bs_auth() gains a host parameter.
  • New set_bluesky_pds(), get_bluesky_pds(), has_bluesky_pds() functions read from BLUESKY_APP_PDS.
  • New set_bluesky_appview(), get_bluesky_appview(), has_bluesky_appview() functions read from BLUESKY_APP_APPVIEW. Users on a custom PDS should set this as well for read operations (e.g. bs_get_follows()).
  • There is no change in the default behavior.
• Fixes a bug where bs_delete_repost() was not targetting the correct record type. (#53)
• Fixes a bug where bs_delete_starter_pack() was not targetting the correct record type. (#54)
• Fixes a bug where the internal clean_names() helper would not handle repeated pattern matches, leading to consistent but unexpected column names. (#55)
• Fixes a bug where bs_post() would fail when video was provided with a nontrivial video. (#56)
• Adds bs_upload_video() and bs_get_video_upload_limits() to interact with video records.
• Restricts the retry codes from all >= 400 to default 429 and 503. (#57)
• Support parallel requests for bs_get_profile() and bs_get_relationships(). (#59)
• magick is now suggested and lubridate has been replaced with base R equivalents. (#62)

bskyr 0.4.1

• Patch external embed to fix bskyr-cran-bot.

bskyr 0.4.0 (2025-10-25)

• Fixes an issue where OpenGraph links with a size hint would fail downloading. (#32)
• Improves transformations of starter packs into tibbles with cleaner unnesting. (#31)
• Allows for more than 25 actors in bs_get_profile(), (#29, #30).
• No longer overly widens results in bs_get_profile(). (#42)
• Improves bs_get_likes() processing and makes it clear it is self-only.
• Adds 3 vignettes. (#12)
  • "Creating Records on Bluesky Social"
  • "Gathering Data from Bluesky Social"
  • "Working with Lists and Starter Packs"
• Adds support for direct messages or conversations (aka "convos").
  • bs_list_convos() lists all conversations
  • bs_get_messages() retrieves messages from a conversation
  • bs_get_convo() retrieves details on a conversation
  • bs_get_convo_log() retrieves the log on all conversations
  • bs_update_read() sets a conversation to read
  • bs_update_all_read() sets all conversations to read
  • bs_accept_convo() accepts a conversation
  • bs_add_reaction() adds a reaction to a message
  • bs_remove_reaction() removes a reaction to a message
  • bs_mute_convo() mutes a conversation
  • bs_unmute_convo() unmutes a conversation
  • bs_send_message() sends a message to a conversation
  • bs_delete_message_for_self() hides a message for you
  • bs_leave_convo() leaves a conversation
  • bs_get_convo_availability() retrieves info on if you can chat with another actor
  • bs_send_message_batch() sends a batch of messages to different conversations
• Fixes an issue where actual numbers with a # sign would cause failures in posting (#45).
• Avoids creating raw version of files for upload where possible (#16).
• Always returns embed for bs_get_posts() (#40, #41).
• Include all returned information in bs_get_author_feed(). Note that this requires adding a prefix to reply and reason information. (#43)

bskyr 0.3.0 (2025-05-02)

• Adds support for embedded link cards in bs_post(). (#17)
• Adds new function bs_new_embed_external() to support manual setup of external embeds. (#17)
• Adds more control to bs_post() with a new argument created_at to customize times of posts. (#21)
• Attempts to add an aspect ratio to image posts, if the image can be read by magick. (#20)
• Adds support to get a list feed with bs_get_list_feed(). (#26)
• Corrects a bug in parsing of URLs in posts and tagging them as richtext. (#23)
• Adds bs_delete_post() to delete posts.

bskyr 0.2.0 (2025-02-08)

• Improves processing of posts into tidy objects, impacting:
  • bs_get_posts(): Posts are now returned as a tibble with one row per post, regardless of type.
  • bs_get_author_feed(): Posts no longer create extra columns when there are multiple embeds.
• Adds support for starter packs (#7)
  • bs_get_actor_starter_packs() retrieves a list of starter packs for a specific actor.
  • bs_get_starter_pack() retrieves a specific starter pack.
  • bs_get_starter_packs() retrieves a list of starter packs.
• Adds support for additional search parameters in bs_search_posts() (#6)
• Adds support for emoji in the text of posts, powered by the emoji package. (#11)
• Adds bs_url_to_uri() to convert a URL to a Bluesky URI.
  • This additionally allows bs_get_posts() to take URLs.
• Add support for posting videos within bs_post(), including gifs (#5).
• Improves list reading functionality
  • bs_get_actor_lists() retrieves all lists made by an actor
  • bs_get_list() retrieves a view of a list
• Expands support for working with lists (#9)
  • bs_new_list() creates a new list
  • bs_delete_list() deletes a list
  • bs_new_list_item() adds someone to a list
  • bs_delete_list_item() removes someone from a list
• Adds new helper function bs_extract_record_key() to extract the record id or key from a URL or URI.
• Adds support for getting relationships between users with bs_get_relationships().
• Adds support for getting quote posts for a given post with bs_get_quotes().
• Fixes bug in repeated requests which could result in duplicate responses. (#13)
• Minor improvements to bs_post()
  • Adds a max_tries argument that can be set to avoid transient issues. (#15)
  • Improves processing of tags in posts (@nguyenank, #10).
  • Images created with bs_create_record() and clean = TRUE can be passed to images in bs_post().
• General improved processing for creating and deleting records
  • bs_follow() allows for following other "subjects" (colloquially, other users)
  • bs_unfollow() allows for deleting follow records
  • bs_block() allows for blocking other "subjects"
  • bs_unblock() allows for deleting block records
  • bs_unlike() allows for deleting like records
  • bs_delete_repost() allows for deleting repost records
  • bs_new_starter_pack() allows for creating new starter packs
  • bs_delete_starter_pack() allows for deleting starter packs

bskyr 0.1.3

• Fixes a bug where posting a single image fails (#3).
• Improves authentication experience using a local cache to avoid timeouts (#2).
• Requires alt text in bs_post() to avoid issues with posting images due to accessibility settings upstream.
• Adds support for linking for hashtags.

bskyr 0.1.2 (2024-01-09)

• Requests with clean = TRUE now include an attribute "request_url" with the request URL. This does not include any headers, so authentication information is not recorded.
• All functions with limit arguments now gain a cursor argument. This allows for requesting further pages of results.
• All functions with limit arguments will now automatically make additional API calls if more results are requested than the limit. For example, bs_get_followers() is limited to 100 results per call. If limit = 301, it will make 4 API calls to get all 301 results. A progress bar will appear if the response is taking sufficient time to return.
• Fixes bug where bs_get_feed() would discard posts with no interactions.

bskyr 0.1.1

• Provides support for new post search endpoint with bs_search_posts()

bskyr 0.1.0 (2023-11-26)

• Adds support for additional posting features.
  • Language for posts can be specified with the langs argument.
  • Images can be specified with the images argument.
  • Alt text for images can be specified with the images_alt argument.
  • Mentions and URLs are now parsed and passed as richtext facets, automatically.
  • Replies can be made by specifying the reply argument with a link of a post to reply to.
  • Quotes can be made by specifying the quote argument with a link of a post to quote.
• Adds support for direct blob uploads with bs_upload_blob(). This powers the ability to add media to posts.
• Adds bs_uri_to_url() which formats a given uri as an HTTPS URL.
• Adds bs_resolve_handle() to convert handles to decentralized identifiers (DIDs).
• Adds support for working with arbitrary records.
  • bs_create_record() creates a record.
  • bs_delete_record() deletes a record.
  • bs_get_record() gets an existing record.
  • bs_list_records() lists existing records for a user and collection.
  • bs_describe_repo() provides a list of types of collections that a user has.
  • Use helper function bs_created_at() to get the specific time formatting.

bskyr 0.0.5

• Fixes testing issues on CRAN when token is not available.
• Adds clean argument to decide if a response should be cleaned into a tibble before returning. If FALSE, you receive the json as a list.
• Adds support for changing limits on the number of results returned.

bskyr 0.0.1

• Initial package version, implementing features for accessing details about actors (user profiles), making posts, and more.
• Implements testing with testthat and httptest2.
• Limited posting abilities, as the initial version is focused on collecting data over creating data.