Action: Like Post

Bluesky Operation

The Like Post action lets you show appreciation for a post by adding your like to it.

Example User Story

I want to support a colleague’s creative project update, so I use the Like Post action in Bluesky to give it a quick thumbs-up.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
postID	String	Yes
userID	String	Yes

Related Connections

Bluesky

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "like-post",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Like Post",
    "description": "Likes a post on Bluesky."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "postID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the post to like."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "userID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the user liking the post."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "success",
      "type": "Boolean",
      "selector": ["success"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Indicates whether the post was liked successfully."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.like",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"repo\": \"{{userID}}\", \"collection\": \"app.bsky.feed.like\", \"record\": {\"subject\": {\"uri\": \"at://{{postID}}\"}, \"createdAt\": \"{{now}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "userID",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The ID of the user liking the post.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "postID",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The ID of the post to like.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "now",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Current timestamp in ISO format.",
              "required": true,
              "default": "{{now}}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}