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Hacker News — CSV, Stories + Comments + Users, No API Key

Scrape HN top/new/Show HN/Ask HN/jobs in minutes. No rate limits. Title, URL, score, comments, author as JSON/CSV. 26+ runs. For launch monitoring, competitor tracking, market trends. spinov001@gmail.com · blog.spinov.online · t.me/scraping_ai

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You can access the Hacker News — CSV, Stories + Comments + Users, No API Key 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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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("knotless_cadence/hacker-news-scraper").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Scores, API API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News — CSV, Stories + Comments + Users, No API Key API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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