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Hacker News Enhanced Scraper - Stories, Comments & Search

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, and search results via official Firebase and Algolia APIs. No proxy needed. Supports top, best, new, Ask HN, Show HN, job stories, full-text search, comment extraction, and advanced filtering by points, date, and domain.

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Hacker News Enhanced Scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, and search results using the official Firebase and Algolia APIs. No proxy needed — fast, reliable, and free.

Features

Multiple modes: Top, Best, New, Ask HN, Show HN, Job stories
Full-text search: Keyword search via Algolia API
Recursive comments: Fetch comment trees with configurable depth (1-5 levels)
Advanced filters: min points, min comments, date range, domain filter
Fast: Concurrent batch fetching (20 parallel requests)
No proxy required: Uses official public APIs

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`mode`	string	`top`	One of: `top`, `best`, `new`, `ask`, `show`, `job`, `search`
`searchQuery`	string		Keyword for search mode (Algolia)
`maxItems`	integer	`100`	Max stories to return (1-1000)
`minPoints`	integer	`0`	Minimum points threshold
`minComments`	integer	`0`	Minimum comments threshold
`dateFrom`	string		Start date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
`dateTo`	string		End date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
`domainFilter`	string[]	`[]`	Only include stories from these domains
`includeComments`	boolean	`false`	Fetch comments for each story
`commentDepth`	integer	`2`	Max comment tree depth (1-5)
`flattenComments`	boolean	`true`	Flat array vs nested tree output

Output

Each story is output as a JSON object:

{
    "id": 47301085,
    "title": "Example Title",
    "url": "https://example.com/article",
    "domain": "example.com",
    "author": "username",
    "points": 300,
    "commentsCount": 67,
    "createdAt": "2026-03-06T12:30:18.000Z",
    "type": "story",
    "comments": []
}

Comment structure (flat)

{
    "id": 47301100,
    "author": "commenter",
    "text": "This is a comment with <i>HTML</i> formatting.",
    "createdAt": "2026-03-06T13:00:00.000Z",
    "depth": 1
}

Examples

Get top 50 stories with 100+ points

{
    "mode": "top",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "minPoints": 100
}

Search for AI stories from GitHub

{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQuery": "artificial intelligence",
    "maxItems": 30,
    "domainFilter": ["github.com"]
}

Get Ask HN posts with comments

{
    "mode": "ask",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "includeComments": true,
    "commentDepth": 3,
    "flattenComments": false
}

Data Sources

Firebase API (hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/) — Official HN API for story lists and item details
Algolia API (hn.algolia.com/api/v1/) — Full-text search with numeric filters

Both APIs are public and free. No authentication or proxy required.

Local Development

npm install
apify run --purge

Deploy to Apify

apify login
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