Hacker News Data Scraper
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Hacker News Data Scraper
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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!
You can access the Hacker News Data Scraper programmatically from your own Python 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9 "startUrls": [
10 { "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/front" },
11 { "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/show" },
12 { "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs" },
13 { "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com" },
14 { "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26566373" },
15 ],
16 "maxItems": 50,
17 "endPage": 1,
18 "extendOutputFunction": "($) => { return {} }",
19 "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
20}
21
22# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
23run = client.actor("epctex/hackernews-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
24
25# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
26print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
27for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
28 print(item)
29
30# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startHacker News Extractor API in Python
The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Data Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
pip install apify-clientOther API clients include:
epctex
