Hacker News API & Scraper — Stories, Comments & Search
Pricing
from $0.21 / 1,000 stories
Hacker News stories from the front page, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN and jobs, or from a search over all of HN: title, link, points, comments, date, and the comment threads. Unofficial Hacker News API.
Input
input
Optional
The search, link or value this record came from.
Status
status
Optional
Result of this record: OK for a delivered record, or a reason code (for example NO_RESULTS, NOT_FOUND, INVALID_INPUT, FAILED) when the input gave nothing.
Error
error
Optional
Plain-language reason when status is not OK; empty for a delivered record.
Source
source
Optional
List or search the story came from, for example top, new or best.
Position
position
Optional
Position of the record inside its search, starting at 1.
Story id
storyId
Optional
Hacker News item id.
Title
title
Optional
Story title.
Url
url
Optional
Link to the record on the source site.
Domain
domain
Optional
Domain of the story link.
Points
points
Optional
Score of the story.
Comment count
commentCount
Optional
Number of comments.
Created at
createdAt
Optional
ISO 8601 time the record was first created.
Kind
kind
Optional
Kind of item: story, ask, show, launch, job or poll.
Text
text
Optional
Text of Ask HN or Show HN posts.
Hn url
hnUrl
Optional
Link to the discussion on Hacker News.
Scraped at
scrapedAt
Optional
ISO 8601 time the record was collected.
Comments
comments
Optional
With Comments on: each comment with commentId, parentId, depth, createdAt and text.