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Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN

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Search Hacker News (via the Algolia API) for stories, comments, Ask/Show HN — by keyword, sorted by relevance or date, filtered by points/comments. Public API, no auth.

Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 results

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Developer

alaudin burki

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Monthly active users

3 days ago

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What you get

Field	Description
`title`	Title
`url`	URL
`author`	Author
`points`	Points
`comments`	Comments
`createdAt`	Created
`tags`	Tags
`signal`	Signal
`engagement`	Engagement
`discussionRatio`	Discussion ratio
`hnUrl`	HN URL

How to use it

Fill in the input (see the example below).
Run it once for a snapshot, or schedule it to keep the data fresh.
Export to CSV/JSON/Excel, or push straight to Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier, Make, or n8n.

Input

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "story"
  ],
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Sample output

[
{
  "title": "Example title",
  "url": "https://example.com/item/1",
  "author": "example",
  "points": 42,
  "comments": 42,
  "createdAt": "2026-09-03T09:00:00.000Z",
  "tags": "example",
  "signal": "example",
  "engagement": 42,
  "discussionRatio": 3.14,
  "hnUrl": "https://example.com/item/1"
}
]

Typical uses

Tech/topic monitoring (schedule + webhook alerts); find top discussions on a keyword.
Research Show HN launches or Ask HN threads; feed into a summarizer.

Pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 results ($0.0005 per result), plus a near-zero start fee. You are never charged beyond your limit, and blocked or failed items are reported honestly — not billed as data.

FAQ & limitations

Public data only — no login walls, no cookies required.
Rate limits on the source may require the proxy or a retry on very large pulls.
Every row reports its own status, so partial results are always labeled, never faked.
Integrations: output works with Zapier, Make, n8n, and any webhook via Apify's integrations.
Formats: results export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the dataset.

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