Export public Hacker News activity for an author
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Collect public Hacker News items from one username for research into public posting activity and discussion history.
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The Hacker News Search Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like author username, HN result types / tags, and more, to match your specific use case.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Export public Hacker News activity for an author" task via API.

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