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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, no API key. Title, URL, score, comments, author → JSON/CSV. 46 lifetime runs. For launch monitoring, competitor tracking, market trend research. dev.to/0012303 · blog.spinov.online

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Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Scores, API OpenAPI definition

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