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Hacker News Search Scraper (Algolia API)

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Hacker News Search Scraper (Algolia API). No API key required. Pay only per result; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

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Christian Pichichero

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tags

Optional

Which HN item type to fetch: story, comment, poll, show_hn, ask_hn, or front_page.

Type:string

Default:story

Options:

storycommentpollshow_hnask_hnfront_page

Sort by date (newest first)

sortByDate

Optional

If true, uses the search_by_date endpoint (newest first). If false, results are sorted by relevance/popularity.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max results per query

maxResults

Optional

Maximum number of records to return per search query (1-5000). The API is paginated at 100 hits per page.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:5000

Default:100

Minimum points

minPoints

Optional

Only return stories/polls with at least this many points (applied server-side via numericFilters and re-checked client-side). Ignored for comments. 0 = no filter.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:0

Max cost per run (USD)

maxCostUsd

Optional

HARD budget cap. The run stops cleanly before exceeding this.

Type:integer | null

Minimum:1

Proxy

proxyConfiguration

Optional

This is an open API; no proxy needed. Default is fine.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "useApifyProxy": false
}

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