# Hacker News top stories right now

**Use case:** 

Reads the current Hacker News top feed and returns each story with title, link, score, author, comment count, posting time and the text of Ask or Show posts. Schedule it to keep a history of what ranked on the front page or to feed a tech news digest.

## Input

```json
{
  "feed": "top",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "includeText": true,
  "concurrency": 8,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rank": {
    "label": "#"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score"
  },
  "descendants": {
    "label": "Comments"
  },
  "by": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Hacker News Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Hacker News top stories right now". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/6hiQfjEqMjV0fLcnL) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Hacker News top stories right now" task

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

### 3. Receive the "Hacker News top stories right now" 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 #, title, score, and more.

### 4. 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 "Hacker News top stories right now" task via API](https://apify.com/devilscrapes/hacker-news-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/devilscrapes/hacker-news-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/devilscrapes/hacker-news-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/devilscrapes/hacker-news-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).