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Hacker News Scraper [$0.002💰] | Trends | Show HN | Data
Pricing
from $1.90 / 1,000 results
Extract Hacker News stories, comments, and user profiles for trend analysis and tech intelligence
HN Item ID
id
Optional
Unique identifier of the Hacker News item (story, comment, poll, poll option, or job). For user records this is the username.
Post Type
type
Optional
Classified post type: story, ask (Ask HN), show (Show HN), job, comment, poll, or pollopt.
Title
title
Optional
Story title, job title, or the first line of text for self-posts.
Target URL
url
Optional
External URL the story links to. Null for self-posts (Ask HN, Show HN text posts).
Points
points
Optional
Upvote score at scrape time. Null for job posts, which have no score.
Comment Count
commentCount
Optional
Total number of comments (descendants) on the item. Only present when includeCommentCount is true.
Top-Level Comment Count
topLevelComments
Optional
Number of top-level comments (kids array length). Only present when includeTopLevelComments is true.
Timestamp
timestamp
Optional
Post time as an ISO 8601 string when convertTimestamps is true, otherwise a Unix timestamp.
HN Discussion URL
hnUrl
Optional
Direct link to the item's discussion page on news.ycombinator.com.
Is Self-Post
isSelfPost
Optional
True when the post has no external URL (Ask HN, Show HN or text post).
Text
text
Optional
Raw self-post body text (Ask HN, Show HN or comment content). Only present when the item has text.
Parent Item ID
parentId
Optional
ID of the parent item for comments. Only present on comment items.
Child Item IDs
kids
Optional
Raw array of child item IDs (e.g. comment IDs under a story). Only present when children exist.
Dead
dead
Optional
True when the item was flagged as dead by moderators.
Deleted
deleted
Optional
True when the item was deleted by its author.
Karma
karma
Optional
Hacker News karma score of the user profile.
Account Created
created
Optional
User account creation date as ISO 8601 when convertTimestamps is true, otherwise a Unix timestamp.
About
about
Optional
Self-description text from the user profile.
Submission Count
submittedCount
Optional
Number of submissions (stories, polls and comments) by the user.
Submitted Item IDs
submittedIds
Optional
IDs of the user's recent submissions. Only present when the profile has submissions.
