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Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Comments & Search (No API Key)

Search all of Hacker News by keyword and export clean rows: type, title, url, author, points, comments, date, text, and the HN discussion link. Filter by tag (story/comment/Ask HN/Show HN), author, min points/comments, and recency. Sort by relevance or newest. Free Algolia HN Search API, no API key.

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Hacker News Scraper 🟠

Search all of Hacker News by keyword and export clean, structured rows — stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN and polls — ready for a spreadsheet, database, or your own app. Filter by tag, author, minimum points/comments and recency, and sort by relevance or newest first.

What you get

Each result is a flat row with these fields:

Field	Description
`type`	`story`, `comment`, `ask_hn`, `show_hn` or `poll`
`title`	Story/post title
`author`	Hacker News username
`points`	Score at time of fetch
`num_comments`	Number of comments
`created_at`	ISO timestamp
`url`	Outbound link (story URL) if any
`hn_url`	Direct link to the Hacker News discussion
`object_id`	Hacker News item ID
`story_id`	Parent story ID (for comments)
`text`	Full story/comment body (optional)

Example uses

Brand & product monitoring — track every mention of your company, product, or competitor on HN.
Trend research — pull the top stories about "AI agents", "web scraping", or "rust" over the last 30 days.
Dev marketing / launches — watch Show HN and Ask HN for your niche.
Author tracking — grab everything a specific user has posted.
Datasets for analysis — export thousands of rows for sentiment, keyword, or timing analysis.

Input

Option	What it does
Search query	Keywords to match (leave empty to fetch by tag/filter only)
What to fetch	Stories, Comments, Ask HN, Show HN, Polls, Front page, or Everything
Sort by	Relevance (best matches) or Newest first
Author	Restrict to one HN username
Minimum points	Keep only items with ≥ N points
Minimum comments	Keep only items with ≥ N comments
Posted within (days)	Keep only items from the last N days
Include full text	Include the story/comment body
Max results	How many items to return (1–5000)

Example input

{
  "query": "web scraping",
  "tags": "story",
  "searchType": "relevance",
  "minPoints": 50,
  "sinceDays": 365,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output sample

{
  "type": "story",
  "title": "Show HN: I built a web scraper that never gets blocked",
  "author": "janedoe",
  "points": 412,
  "num_comments": 137,
  "created_at": "2025-11-02T14:11:09.000Z",
  "url": "https://example.com/scraper",
  "hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41888888",
  "object_id": "41888888",
  "story_id": null,
  "text": "..."
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-result: you're charged only for the rows you actually receive. No monthly platform fees, no wasted compute.

Notes

Data comes from the public Algolia HN Search index, which HN updates continuously.
points and num_comments reflect values at fetch time and change as threads grow.
The Actor retries automatically on rate limits and transient errors, and paginates for you.

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