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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.

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from $0.50 / 1,000 results

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alaudin burki

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You can access the Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "query": "artificial intelligence",
12    "tags": [
13        "story"
14    ],
15    "sortBy": "relevance",
16    "maxPages": 5,
17    "maxItems": 1000
18};
19
20// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
21const run = await client.actor("alaudinburki/hacker-news-search").call(input);
22
23// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
24console.log('Results from dataset');
25console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
26const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
27items.forEach((item) => {
28    console.dir(item);
29});
30
31// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Hacker News API - Stories & Comments API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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