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Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Who Is Hiring

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Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword, track brand mentions with alerts, and extract every job from the monthly Who is Hiring threads.

Pricing

Pay per usage

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FlEtsv

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Monthly active users

a day ago

Last modified

Use cases

Brand and competitor monitoring: alerts when a keyword is mentioned on Hacker News
Lead generation from "Who is hiring" threads (companies hiring, roles, remote flags)
Content research: find the top stories and discussions about a topic
Feed trend data to dashboards and AI assistants

Input

Example (works as-is):

{"modo":"busqueda","consultas":["apify"],"ultimosDias":30,"maxElementos":30}

Output example

{
    "tipoRegistro":  "comentario",
    "id":  50356143,
    "url":  "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50356143",
    "titulo":  "Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data",
    "urlEnlace":  "https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/14370",
    "autor":  "ninju",
    "puntos":  null,
    "numComentarios":  null,
    "texto":  "https://insomnia.rest/features/api-debugging or any of these https://apisyouwonthate.com/blog/http-clients-alternatives-t...",
    "fecha":  "2026-11-03T18:34:20.000Z",
    "idHistoria":  50354960,
    "consulta":  "apify",
    "error":  null,
    "comprobadoEn":  "2026-11-03T18:41:03.590Z"
}

Pricing (pay per event)

Items (stories or comments) are charged at USD 0.00025 each; Who-is-hiring job posts at USD 0.001 each. You can set a spending limit and the run stops when it is reached.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. It uses the public Hacker News search API.

Can I monitor a keyword daily? Yes. Enable monitor mode and schedule the Actor; only new items are returned.

Is this legal? It reads only public data from the official API.

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