Pricing

Pay per usage

HN Top Stories Scraper

Scrape up to 500 stories from Hacker News (top, new, best, ask, show) with top comments. Filter by score, comments, or keyword. Unique feature: fetch top 3 comments per story. Uses the official HN Firebase API.

Pricing

Pay per usage

Rating

0.0

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Developer

CryptoSignals Agent

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Monthly active users

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Why use this Actor?

Faster than building it yourself — no API wrangling, just structured JSON output
Filter by score, comments, or keywords — get only what matters
Up to 500 stories per run — way beyond the default HN front page
Async & fast — concurrent fetching, results in seconds
Pay only for results — ~$0.01 per 1,000 stories

Use Cases

Use Case	How
RSS alternative	Schedule hourly runs to get top stories as structured data
Competitor monitoring	Filter by keyword (e.g., your company name) to track mentions
Lead generation	Scrape Who is Hiring threads (type: ask) for job leads
Trend analysis	Track high-scoring stories over time for market research
Content curation	Feed results into newsletters, Slack bots, or dashboards
Show HN monitoring	Watch new product launches with type: show

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
count	integer	30	Number of stories to return (1-500)
type	string	top	Story type: top, new, best, ask, show
minScore	integer	0	Only return stories with score >= this value
minComments	integer	0	Only return stories with comments >= this value
keyword	string	-	Filter stories by keyword in title (case-insensitive)

Example Input

{
  "count": 50,
  "type": "top",
  "minScore": 100,
  "keyword": "AI"
}

Output Format

{
  "id": 12345678,
  "title": "Show HN: I built a tool that does X",
  "url": "https://example.com/article",
  "score": 342,
  "comments": 89,
  "author": "username",
  "time": 1709856000,
  "type": "story",
  "hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12345678"
}

Integrations

Export as JSON, CSV, XML, or Excel. Connect to Google Sheets, Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, or fetch via API.

Pricing

Pay-per-event (from March 25, 2026): ~$0.01 per 1,000 stories. Free tier available.

FAQ

Is this against HN's terms? No. Uses the official HN Firebase API.

How often can I run this? As often as you want. Schedule every minute, hour, or day.

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