Hacker News Search & Export (stories, comments, Ask/Show HN)
Pricing
Pay per usage
Search all of Hacker News history via the official HN Search API. Filter by date and points; export thousands of stories or comments.
You can access the Hacker News Search & Export (stories, comments, Ask/Show HN) 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "query": "web scraping"<}' |<apify call forbearing_guanaco/hacker-news-search-export --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Hacker News Search & Export (stories, comments, Ask/Show HN) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: