app.bsky.actor.searchActors

Lexicon Version: 1

Definitions

main

Type: query

Find actors (profiles) matching search criteria. Does not require auth.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Req’d	Description	Constraints
term	string	❌	DEPRECATED: use ‘q’ instead.
q	string	❌	Search query string. Syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended.
limit	integer	❌		Min: 1 Max: 100 Default: 25
cursor	string	❌
Output:

• Encoding: application/json
• Schema:

Schema Type: object

Name	Type	Req’d	Description	Constraints
cursor	string	❌
actors	Array of app.bsky.actor.defs#profileView	✅

---

Lexicon Source

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  "lexicon": 1,
  "id": "app.bsky.actor.searchActors",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "type": "query",
      "description": "Find actors (profiles) matching search criteria. Does not require auth.",
      "parameters": {
        "type": "params",
        "properties": {
          "term": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "DEPRECATED: use 'q' instead."
          },
          "q": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Search query string. Syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended."
          },
          "limit": {
            "type": "integer",
            "minimum": 1,
            "maximum": 100,
            "default": 25
          },
          "cursor": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "output": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "actors"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "cursor": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "actors": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "ref",
                "ref": "app.bsky.actor.defs#profileView"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}