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Hacker News Data Scraper

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$10.00/month + usage

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Hacker News Data Scraper

Hacker News Data Scraper

Developed by

epctex

Maintained by Community

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

6

Monthly users

7

Runs succeeded

>99%

Last modified

a day ago

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.

1echo '{
2  "startUrls": [
3    {
4      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/front"
5    },
6    {
7      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/show"
8    },
9    {
10      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs"
11    },
12    {
13      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com"
14    },
15    {
16      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26566373"
17    }
18  ],
19  "maxItems": 50,
20  "endPage": 1,
21  "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
22  "proxy": {
23    "useApifyProxy": true
24  }
25}' |
26apify 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

1npm i -g apify-cli
2apify login

Other API clients include:

Pricing

Pricing model

Rental 

To use this Actor, you have to pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period. You also pay for the Apify platform usage.

Free trial

3 days

Price

$10.00