# Hacker News Who is Hiring Job Extractor (`adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper`) Actor

Extract structured jobs, hiring company names, recruiter emails, salary ranges, tech stacks, and remote options from Hacker News monthly hiring threads.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Darim Quraishi](https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hacker News Who is Hiring Scraper

Extract structured job postings, company names, contact emails, salary ranges, and tech stacks from monthly Hacker News hiring threads.

### Features

- Queries monthly Ask HN: Who is hiring? threads via the official Firebase API.
- Extracts hiring company names, job titles, and locations.
- Parses direct contact email addresses and application URLs.
- Identifies remote status and regional restrictions.
- Extracts salary ranges and detected technology keywords.
- Processes full monthly threads in seconds with zero proxy setup.

### Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `threadSelection` | String | `"latest"` | `latest` (Auto-detect newest thread) or `custom_id` (Specific story ID). |
| `customStoryId` | Integer | `null` | Optional Hacker News story ID (e.g., `49922569` for Oct 2026). |
| `remoteOnly` | Boolean | `false` | Only include listings explicitly offering Remote / Anywhere. |
| `keywordFilter` | String | `""` | Filter jobs by skill, role, or tech stack (e.g. `Python`, `Rust`, `AI`). |
| `maxJobs` | Integer | `100` | Maximum number of job postings to extract. |

### Output format

`json
{
  "company": "Supabase",
  "role": "Founding Infrastructure Engineer",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA / Remote",
  "isRemote": true,
  "salary": "$160,000 - $210,000 + Equity",
  "emails": ["jobs@supabase.com"],
  "urls": ["https://supabase.com/careers"],
  "techStack": ["Rust", "PostgreSQL", "Go", "Docker"],
  "hnCommentUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49922570",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-01T15:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z"
}
`

### Use cases

- Technical recruitment: Source founders and engineering hiring managers directly from postings.
- Job search: Filter hiring threads by specific tech stacks and remote eligibility.
- B2B sales: Identify early-stage and high-growth companies expanding engineering teams.
- Hiring trend analysis: Track technology stack popularity among tech startups.

### Pricing and efficiency

- Typical runtime: 2 to 4 seconds per execution.
- Zero proxy costs: Runs over public REST and RSS endpoints without residential proxy pools.
- Suitable for scheduled runs and continuous monitoring under standard platform limits.

# Actor input Schema

## `threadSelection` (type: `string`):

Choose whether to automatically scrape the latest monthly thread or supply a specific Hacker News thread ID.

## `customStoryId` (type: `integer`):

Specific Hacker News item ID (e.g. 49922569 for Oct 2026). Only used if 'Specific Story ID' is selected.

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, only keeps jobs explicitly mentioning REMOTE, Fully Remote, or Anywhere.

## `keywordFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter postings matching a specific role or skill (e.g. AI, Python, React, Rust, Founding Engineer).

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of startup job postings to collect.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy settings (optional).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "threadSelection": "latest",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "keywordFilter": "",
  "maxJobs": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywordFilter": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywordFilter": "" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywordFilter": ""
}' |
apify call adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,adaptive_nightmare/hn-hiring-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/F8LeSlyhyKHvF1wlH/builds/XQpES6alvq4Z4NANj/openapi.json