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Export HN Comments Flat for CSV & Excel

Scrape Hacker News stories with flattened comment arrays and depth fields that export cleanly to CSV or Excel for spreadsheet analysis.

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Hacker News Scraper
Hacker News Scraperconstructive_calm/hacker-news-scraper
ID
Title
Author
Points
+3 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Scraping mode(required):topstories
Max items:10
Include comments:true
Flatten comments:true
Max comment depth:3

Output fields

ID
Title
Author
Points
Comment count
HN thread
Comments

How it works

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Start the "Export HN Comments Flat for CSV & Excel" task

The Hacker News Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like scraping mode, max items, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Export HN Comments Flat for CSV & Excel" output

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 ID, title, author, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Export HN Comments Flat for CSV & Excel" task via API.

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