You can access the Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("angaba92/hacker-news-scraper").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, Show HN API in JavaScript

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

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, Show HN API in Python

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, Show HN API through CLI

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, Show HN OpenAPI definition

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Jobs, Ask HN, Show HN API

Hacker News Scraper Pro — Stories, Jobs, Show HN, Ask HN

diverse_venture/hackernews-scraper

Comprehensive Hacker News scraper. Get top/new/best stories, Ask HN, Show HN, Who's Hiring jobs, comments, and search results. Uses the official HN Firebase API + Algolia search — no auth required. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Chak Man Fung

Hacker News Scraper

johnlenflure/hn-scraper

Scrape Hacker News top stories, best, new, Ask HN, Show HN, and jobs. Extract titles, points, authors, comments, and URLs.

Sinan Donmez

Hacker News Search Scraper Stories, Comments, Show HN, Ask HN

seemuapps/hn-search-scraper

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN, Ask HN, polls, and jobs by keyword, author, date range, points, and comment count. Full text and engagement metrics. No login.

Andrew

Hacker News MCP Server

automation-lab/hackernews-mcp-server

Query Hacker News data programmatically: search stories, get top posts, Ask HN, Show HN, jobs, comments, and user profiles via the free HN Algolia API.

Stas Persiianenko

Hacker News Scraper

centspy/hackernews-scraper

Search and scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN and Ask HN via the public API. No proxy, no browser.

brandon nadeau

Hacker News Search Scraper

fetch_cat/hacker-news-search-scraper

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, polls, and author activity using public HN search data.

Hanna Nosova

Hacker News Scraper

plantane/hackernews-scraper

Scrape stories, comments, and scores from Hacker News. Supports top, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN, and job feeds. Uses the official Firebase API for reliable, fast data extraction.

Daniel

Hacker News Scraper

coder_zoro/hacker-news-scraper

Extract Hacker News stories, Ask HN, Show HN & jobs. Multi-category scraping. Structured JSON output. Fast & reliable. Export to CSV/Excel/JSON.

Zoro

Hacker News Scraper

nogards95/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, jobs, Ask HN, and Show HN using Algolia Search API and HN Firebase API. Supports full-text search, date/points filters, and live feeds.