Get authentication token for Bluesky API — get_token • blueskynet

Authenticates with the Bluesky API using your handle and app password to obtain access and refresh tokens for subsequent API calls.

Usage

get_token(identifier, password)

Arguments

identifier: Character. Your Bluesky handle (e.g., "username.bsky.social") or email address
password: Character. Your Bluesky app password (not your regular password). Create one at https://bsky.app/settings/app-passwords

Value

A list containing authentication information:

accessJwt: Character. Access token for API calls
refreshJwt: Character. Refresh token for renewing access
handle: Character. Your verified handle
did: Character. Your decentralized identifier (DID)
email: Character. Your email address

See also

refresh_token, verify_token

Other authentication: refresh_token(), verify_token()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Authenticate with Bluesky (requires valid credentials)
auth <- get_token("your.handle.bsky.social", "your-app-password")

# Extract tokens for use in other functions
access_token <- auth$accessJwt
refresh_token <- auth$refreshJwt
my_did <- auth$did

# Verify the token works
verify_token(access_token)
} # }