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Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Comments & Trends

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Scrape Hacker News via the official Firebase API: top/new/best/ask/show stories with scores, authors and comment threads. No browser, no proxies, no API key.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "feed": "topstories",
10    "includeComments": True,
11    "keyword": "",
12    "maxCommentsPerStory": 10,
13    "maxStories": 30,
14    "minScore": "",
15    "searchQuery": "",
16}
17
18# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19run = client.actor("celebrated-quadraphonic/hacker-news-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
20
21# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
22print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
23for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
24    print(item)
25
26# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Hacker News Scraper - Stories & Comments API in Python

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