Post to Bluesky

script

const content = draft.content
let bCredential;

function configureUser() {
    bCredential = Credential.createWithUsernamePassword("BlueskyAppPassword", "Bluesky credentials, add your username (e.g. flohgro.bsky.social) and your app password that you created before.")
	let result = bCredential.authorize()
	if(!result){
		console.log("setting/retrieving credential failed.")
		app.displayErrorMessage("setting/retrieving credential failed.")
	}
    return result
}

function authenticateAndPost() {

	let username = bCredential.getValue("username")

	let appPassword = bCredential.getValue("password")

    // Base URL for the Bluesky API
    const baseUrl = "https://bsky.social/xrpc/";

    // HTTP object for making requests
    const http = HTTP.create();

    // Step 1: Get the Bearer token (Session Token)
    const authRequest = {
        url: `${baseUrl}com.atproto.server.createSession`,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        data: {
            identifier: username,
            password: appPassword,
        },
    };

    const authResponse = http.request(authRequest);



    if (authResponse.statusCode === 200) {
        const session = JSON.parse(authResponse.responseText);
        const bearerToken = session.accessJwt;


        // Step 2: Create a post using the Bearer token
        const postContent = {
            repo: username,
            collection: "app.bsky.feed.post",
            record: {
                text: content,
                createdAt: new Date().toISOString(), // Current timestamp
            },
        };

        const postRequest = {
            url: `${baseUrl}com.atproto.repo.createRecord`,
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json",
                Authorization: `Bearer ${bearerToken}`,
            },
            data: postContent,
        };

        const postResponse = http.request(postRequest);

        if (postResponse.statusCode === 200) {
             const data = postResponse.responseText;

            console.log("Post created successfully:\n" + data);
            return true
        } else {
            app.displayErrorMessage("posting failed");
            const message = "Error: " + postResponse.statusCode + "\n\n" + postResponse.responseText;
            context.fail(message);
            return false
        }
    } else {
        app.displayErrorMessage("authentication failed")
        const message = "Error: " + authResponse.statusCode + "\n\n" + authResponse.responseText;
        context.fail(message);
        return false
    }
}


// actually run something - configure user and, exectue authenticate and post
if (configureUser()) {
        if(!authenticateAndPost()){
	        context.fail()
        }
} else {
	context.fail()
}