Search Hacker News for a topic
Searches Hacker News stories and comments for the phrase you give and returns the matches with points, comment count, author and date. Useful for seeing how a technology was discussed, or for finding demand signals.
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The Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like search query, tags, and more, to match your specific use case.
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Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as title, points, comments, and more.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Search Hacker News for a topic" task via API.
