Hacker News Jobs & Ask HN Scraper
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Hacker News Jobs & Ask HN Scraper
Scrape Hacker News Who is Hiring and Ask HN threads. Extract job posts, hiring trends, and community questions. For hiring intelligence and startup research.
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$0.05 / actor start
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Valdeir Lima
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Scrape Hacker News — the monthly "Who is Hiring" job posts, Ask HN threads, and any story's comments — via the official HN Algolia API. No key, no login, no anti-bot. For recruiters, job boards, market research and founder/demand signals.
What it does
- hiring — auto-finds the latest Ask HN: Who is hiring? thread and parses each job post (company line, remote flag, full text, link)
- ask — search Ask HN threads by keyword (points, comments, text)
- comments — pull all comments from any story ID
Use cases
- Recruiting / job boards — harvest fresh tech job posts monthly, filter by
remote/stack - Market & demand research — mine Ask HN for pain points and "I wish there was…" signals
- Lead gen — companies actively hiring = companies with budget
- Sentiment / community analysis — pull full comment threads
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | hiring | hiring / ask / comments |
query | string | — | ask: search query; hiring: keyword filter (e.g. remote) |
storyId | string | — | story objectID (comments mode) |
maxItems | integer | 200 | Max results |
Output (hiring)
{ "company": "Acme (YC S22) — Senior Backend Engineer", "remote": true, "author": "acmehr", "text": "Acme is hiring...", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=..." }
FAQ
API key? None — official HN Algolia API.
Does it always find the right hiring thread? It locates the latest whoishiring "Who is hiring?" post automatically.
Filter to remote only? Set query: "remote" in hiring mode.