# Hacker News Jobs Scraper — Fresh Dev Jobs JSON (`fortunate_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Hacker News (Who is hiring / job board) postings via the official Algolia API. Fast, reliable, no proxies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fortunate\_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [phi](https://apify.com/fortunate_sourdough) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hacker News Jobs Scraper

Scrape **Hacker News job postings** (the official HN job board + "Who is hiring" style posts) fast and reliably via the official Algolia API. No proxies, no headless browsers, no bot-detection problems — clean structured JSON in seconds.

### Why this actor

- ⚡ **Fast** — uses the official Algolia API (hn.algolia.com), completes in seconds, not minutes
- 🎯 **Reliable** — no HTML parsing, no anti-bot walls, stable API contract
- 🧹 **Clean output** — normalized fields: company extracted from title, canonical URLs, dates, tags
- 💰 **Pay-per-result** — you only pay for what you get

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | string | *(empty)* | Full-text search, e.g. `remote react`, `rust`, `senior backend` |
| `tags` | string | `job` | `job` for the job board; `story` for stories; `comment` for comments |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Max results (1–1000) |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "remote senior",
  "tags": "job",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "49542486",
  "title": "Nango (YC W23) is hiring across eng, product and GTM (SF and remote)",
  "company": "Nango",
  "url": "https://nango.dev/careers",
  "hnUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542486",
  "author": "bastienbeurier",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-02T21:00:04Z",
  "points": null,
  "tags": ["job", "author_bastienbeurier"]
}
```

### Use cases

- **Job boards & aggregators** — keep your HN-sourced listings fresh
- **Recruiting intelligence** — track which startups are hiring, for which roles, and how often
- **Sales leads** — companies posting jobs are buying signals; pair with enrichment APIs
- **Market research** — measure hiring trends by tech stack over time (`golang`, `kubernetes`, ...)

### Integration

- **API** — run programmatically: `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/YOURNAME~hn-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<token>`
- **Python / JS SDKs** — official Apify clients
- **Integrations** — Google Sheets, Airtable, Make, Zapier via Apify integrations

### Notes

- The HN job board is public data; the actor respects Algolia API rate limits automatically.
- Company name is heuristically extracted from the posting title; the raw title is always included.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Full-text search over job postings, e.g. "remote react". Leave empty for all recent jobs.

## `tags` (type: `string`):

Algolia tag filter. Use "job" for the job board, "story" for stories.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job postings to scrape (1-1000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "tags": "job",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "tags": "job"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fortunate_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "tags": "job" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fortunate_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "tags": "job"
}' |
apify call fortunate_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fortunate_sourdough/hn-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/U2YuiKfkMDnUQMdbP/builds/dvrsTbtJUbCcEbmMw/openapi.json