You can access the Hacker News Scraper 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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MCP

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=klondikeking/hacker-news-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Configure MCP server with Hacker News Scraper

Get a ready-to-use configuration for your MCP client with the Hacker News Scraper Actor preconfigured at mcp.apify.com?tools=klondikeking/hacker-news-scraper .

You can connect to the Apify MCP Server using clients like Tester MCP Client, or any other MCP client of your choice.

If you want to learn more about our Apify MCP implementation, check out our MCP documentation. To learn more about the Model Context Protocol in general, refer to the official MCP documentation or read our blog post.

Hacker News Scraper

koreyoshi/hacker-news-scraper

Mr-chen

Hacker News Search Scraper

hermes-yuri/hackernews-search-scraper

Search and scrape Hacker News stories, comments with filtering and sentiment signals. Pay per result!

Yuri

Hacker News API Scraper

andok/hackernews-scraper

Fetch stories directly from the official Hacker News Firebase API instantly.

Andok

Hacker News API Scraper

lokki/hacker-news-api-scraper

Scrapes Hacker News items through the official Firebase API and outputs only result rows.

Ian Dikhtiar

Hacker News Top Sites Scraper

fearless_sharpener/hacker-news-top-sites-scraper

Unlock even more valuable insights from the popular news website, Hacker News. Our updated Top Sites Scraper extracts titles, scores, links and more, all in one easy-to-use Apify actor. With this powerful tool, you can gather comprehensive data from Hacker News and gain a competitive edge.

Tom

Hacker News Data Scraper & Activity Monitoring

lucen_data/hacker-news-data-scraper-activity-monitoring

Unofficial Hacker News API to extract data from all Hacker News categories. You can filter posts based on specific keywords, track trends using the unique activity monitoring feature, and receive updates directly in your Slack channel.

Lucen

Hacker News MCP Server

nyxar_dev/hackernews-mcp

Read top stories, comments, and search Hacker News via MCP. Get real-time tech news, discussions, and trending topics from the HN community.

Nyxar Dev

Hacker News Jobs Scraper

janbruinier/jan-hackernews-jobs-scraper

Scrape job listings from HackerNews

Jan Bruinier

Hacker News Live Feed

desmond-dev/hacker-news-tech-trends

Real-time top stories from Hacker News (Y Combinator). Fetches title, URL, score, and comments. Perfect for tracking tech trends, AI news, and startup buzz.