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epctex

Extract Y Combinator's Hacker News based on any search criteria. Crawl the front page, Show HN, Ask HN, news, job listings, and historical data. Get links, titles, comments, ratings, and more!

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Pricing

$10.00/month + usage

Total users

103

Monthly users

Runs succeeded

>99%

Last modified

21 hours ago

News

You can access the Hacker News Data Scraper 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "startUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/front"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/show"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com"
<    },
<    {
<      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26566373"
<    }
<  ],
<  "maxItems": 50,
<  "endPage": 1,
<  "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
<  "proxy": {
<    "useApifyProxy": true
<  }
<}' |
<apify call epctex/hackernews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Hacker News Extractor API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Hacker News Data Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the Apify CLI

$npm i -g apify-cli
$apify login

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