Blocking users

Blocking a user prevents interaction and hides the user from the client experience. Blocked accounts will not be able to like, reply, mention, or follow you. Their posts, replies, and profile in search will also be hidden from you. Blocks are public.

Blocking users is as simple as muting, but requires creating a record directly.

Typescript

agent.app.bsky.graph.block.create

const { uri } = await agent.app.bsky.graph.block.create(
  { repo: agent.session.did },
  {
    subject: blockingUserDid,
    createdAt: new Date().toISOString()
  },
)

Python

client.app.bsky.graph.block.create

block_record = models.AppBskyGraphBlock.Record(
  subject=blocked_user_did, 
  created_at=client.get_current_time_iso()
)
uri = client.app.bsky.graph.block.create(client.me.did, block_record).uri

The agent.app.bsky.graph.block.create method takes two position parameters. First, the repo:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
repo	string	The DID of the authenticated user	Yes

And the block record itself:

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
subject	string	The DID of the user to block	Yes
createdAt	string	The current timestamp	Yes

Unblocking a user

Similar to likes and follows, unblocking a user is as simple as deleting the record.

Typescript

agent.app.bsky.graph.block.delete

import { AtUri } from '@atproto/api'

const { rkey } = new AtUri(uri)

await agent.app.bsky.graph.block.delete(
  {
    repo: agent.session.did,
    rkey,
  },
)

Python

client.app.bsky.graph.block.delete

from atproto import AtUri

rkey = AtUri.from_str(uri).rkey
client.app.bsky.graph.block.delete(client.me.did, rkey)

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
repo	string	The DID of the authenticated user	Yes
rkey	string	The record key (rkey) of the block record	Yes