science_feed.rb

Example: load last 10 posts from the popular "Science" feed and print the post text, data and author handle to the terminal. Does not require any authentication.

require 'minisky'
require 'time'

# the "Science" custom feed by @bossett.bsky.social
FEED_URI = "at://did:plc:jfhpnnst6flqway4eaeqzj2a/app.bsky.feed.generator/for-science"

appview = Minisky.new('api.bsky.app', nil)
feed = appview.get_request('app.bsky.feed.getFeed', { feed: FEED_URI, limit: 10 })
posts = feed['feed'].map { |x| x['post'] }

posts.each do |post|
  handle = post['author']['handle']
  timestamp = Time.parse(post['record']['createdAt']).getlocal
  rkey = post['uri'].split('/').last

  link = "https://bsky.app/profile/#{handle}/post/#{rkey}"

  puts "@#{handle} • #{timestamp} • #{link}"
  puts
  puts post['record']['text']
  puts
  puts "=" * 120
  puts
end