Hacker News Scraper — Search, Front Page, Comments, Ask/Show HN
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from $0.35 / 1,000 stories
Search Hacker News or read the front page, newest, Ask HN, Show HN and jobs — stories with points, comment counts, domains and dates, optionally with the full flattened discussion. Date and points filters, CSV/JSON export and API.
You can access the Hacker News Scraper — Search, Front Page, 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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