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{
"id": "XGFs5jZNCeURd4OT",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Publish Image Post to Bluesky",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "afd666fc-8f79-488d-a295-4bfdd6883924",
"name": "When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"position": [
35,
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d31bfe18-5acc-4f72-80d0-d85111dd62cc",
"name": "Create Bluesky Session",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
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260
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.server.createSession",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={{ $('Define Credentials').item.json.credentials }}",
"sendBody": true,
"specifyBody": "json"
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "514ac077-3c96-41f0-b178-afefe2f9faae",
"name": "Download Images",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1260,
260
],
"parameters": {
"url": "={{ $json.url }}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "67e77e91-3a53-44c3-a474-2cd3b4977cf2",
"name": "Code",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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260
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "return $input.all().map( item => ({\n alt: \"-\",\n image: {\n ...item.json.blob\n }\n}));"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "b8540b04-afe8-4455-8fec-fcab5ffff1ae",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 391.0892880786254,
"height": 335.5179928232044,
"content": "## Define Your Post Caption Here\nYou can set\n* the text caption of your post (max 300 characters)\n* image URLs (max of 4 images at 1MB each)"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "2a6e60ef-4042-4648-85bb-143d226aa736",
"name": "Split Out",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.splitOut",
"position": [
1100,
260
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "photos"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "5c3a6c2f-7b60-4448-9d85-4174e9f5f770",
"name": "Post to Bluesky",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1940,
260
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.createRecord",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"jsonBody": "={\n \"repo\": \"{{ $('Create Bluesky Session').item.json.did }}\",\n \"collection\": \"app.bsky.feed.post\",\n \"record\": {\n \"$type\": \"app.bsky.feed.post\",\n \"text\": \"{{ $('Set Caption').item.json['Post Text'].trim()}}\",\n \"createdAt\": \"{{ $now }}\",\n\"embed\": {\n\"$type\": \"app.bsky.embed.images\",\n\"images\":{{ $('Aggregate').item.json.data.toJsonString() }}\n}\n }\n}",
"sendBody": true,
"sendHeaders": true,
"specifyBody": "json",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "=Bearer {{ $('Create Bluesky Session').item.json.accessJwt }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "266ef5cb-18df-45b0-b5c4-59782e571d40",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
180,
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"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 418.7983637184758,
"height": 440.36620487216396,
"content": "## Set Bluesky Credentials\nYou'll need to set 2 values...\n1. _Identifier_ \nThis is your Bluesky username, e.g. \"username.bsky.social\"\n2. _App Password_\nThis is _not_ your sign-in password, but something created in [your Bluesky account](https://bsky.app/settings/app-passwords)\n\n\nA Bluesky session is then opened for image uploading and posting."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "3a7fc037-02f6-4091-bcdc-5b22d43269ef",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
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"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 814.7806424732389,
"height": 269.1258097879526,
"content": "### Handling image attachments\nBluesky doesn't attach images directly to the post, they're first individually uploaded [then embedded in the post](https://docs.bsky.app/docs/tutorials/creating-a-post#images-embeds)."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "aa7796b3-9cc7-4219-85af-a9ae3613f891",
"name": "Define Credentials",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
235,
260
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "raw",
"options": {},
"jsonOutput": "{\"credentials\":\n {\n \"identifier\": \"username.bsky.social\",\n \"password\": \"XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZ-XXXX\"\n }\n}"
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "4bcf77ef-b40e-485e-b444-659f77cf9d69",
"name": "Aggregate",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.aggregate",
"position": [
1740,
260
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"aggregate": "aggregateAllItemData"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "eb2730e5-cad7-47f0-96d2-f2ae1dee6dd5",
"name": "Set Images",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
880,
260
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "raw",
"options": {},
"jsonOutput": "{ \"photos\":[\n {\n \"url\":\"https://picsum.photos/800/600?random=234234\"\n },\n {\n \"url\":\"https://picsum.photos/800/600?random=676855\"\n },\n {\n \"url\":\"https://picsum.photos/800/600?random=4564\"\n },\n {\n \"url\":\"https://picsum.photos/800/600?random=12124\"\n }\n ]}"
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "0d3a030e-1ac6-420d-a850-d267928f4072",
"name": "Post Image to Bluesky",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
1420,
260
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.uploadBlob",
"method": "POST",
"options": {},
"sendBody": true,
"contentType": "binaryData",
"sendHeaders": true,
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "Authorization",
"value": "=Bearer {{ $('Create Bluesky Session').item.json.accessJwt }}"
}
]
},
"inputDataFieldName": "data"
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "31124777-ee35-4ceb-b0e7-75f7cef4b481",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 880.0000000000002,
"height": 207.9041916167665,
"content": "# Create a new post with images on Bluesky\nThis workflow will \n1. retrieve images from URLs you specify\n2. upload them 1 by 1 as blobs to BlueSky\n3. let you specify the basic text of a post\n3. use your Bluesky credentials to post to your feed"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f8e54515-c9ec-474d-aa2b-fe357cbd4775",
"name": "Set Caption",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
688,
260
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "6135981d-82d9-47bb-9eb5-ce9a4220f108",
"name": "Caption Text",
"type": "string",
"value": "Here is the amazing content of my post, max of 300 characters!"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "86d8df08-3f73-40a5-9c5b-d2ebda3f3b13",
"connections": {
"Code": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Aggregate",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Aggregate": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Post to Bluesky",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Out": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Download Images",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Images": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Out",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Set Caption": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set Images",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Download Images": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Post Image to Bluesky",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Define Credentials": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Bluesky Session",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Post Image to Bluesky": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Code",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create Bluesky Session": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Set Caption",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Define Credentials",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
About this workflow
Publish Image Post to Bluesky. Uses manualTrigger, httpRequest, stickyNote, splitOut. Event-driven trigger; 15 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →