You can access the Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "searchQuery": "AI",
10    "feeds": [
11        "top",
12        "new",
13        "best",
14        "ask",
15        "show",
16        "job",
17    ],
18    "recordTypes": [
19        "story",
20        "comment",
21        "job",
22        "poll",
23        "pollopt",
24    ],
25    "itemIds": [],
26    "enrichDetails": True,
27    "skipNoLeads": False,
28    "maxItems": 1,
29}
30
31# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
32run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/hacker-news-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
33
34# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
35print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
36for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
37    print(item)
38
39# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Hacker News Scraper – Stories, Jobs & Comments API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN API in JavaScript

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN API through CLI

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN OpenAPI definition

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Jobs, Ask HN & Show HN API

Hacker News Search Scraper Stories, Comments, Show HN, Ask HN

seemuapps/hn-search-scraper

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN, Ask HN, polls, and jobs by keyword, author, date range, points, and comment count. Full text and engagement metrics. No login.

Andrew

Hacker News Search Scraper

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Search Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, polls, and author activity using public HN search data.

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Hacker News Scraper Pro — Stories, Jobs, Show HN, Ask HN

diverse_venture/hackernews-scraper

Comprehensive Hacker News scraper. Get top/new/best stories, Ask HN, Show HN, Who's Hiring jobs, comments, and search results. Uses the official HN Firebase API + Algolia search — no auth required. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Chak Man Fung

Hacker News (HN) Stories, Show HN & Jobs Scraper

kravennagen/hacker-news-scraper

Fast, structured extraction of Hacker News stories, Show HN launches, Ask HN discussions, scores, and comment counts via official Firebase API.

Morgane Flamant

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Points, Comments & Ask HN

feedforge/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, Show HN, Ask HN and jobs. Titles, points, authors, comment counts and URLs as JSON or CSV.

Dominik

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN

hipersoft/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, jobs and polls by keyword, points, comments and date range. Sort by relevance or newest. Title, URL, author, points, comment count, text and HN link. Fast clean HTTP via the HN Algolia API, no setup.

hiper soft

Show HN Scraper - Hacker News Stories, Ask & Show HN

flash_scraper/hn-scraper

Show HN scraper for Hacker News - Show HN launches, Ask HN threads, front-page stories and comments with points, authors and timestamps. Filter by minimum points or comments. No API key, no login. Export CSV, JSON or Excel.

Flash Scrape

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Comments & Ask HN by Keyword

convertfleetdotonline/hacker-news-scraper

Search and export Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN and polls by keyword. Points, author, comment counts, URLs & timestamps. Official public API — no login, no key, no proxy. JSON/CSV export.

Hasnain Nisar

Hacker News Scraper

centspy/hackernews-scraper

Search and scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN and Ask HN via the public API. No proxy, no browser.

brandon nadeau

Hacker News Scraper — HN Jobs, Stories & Comments

fast_api/hackernews-scraper

Extract structured Hacker News data: top stories, Ask HN, Show HN, job posts, comments, and monthly Who is Hiring threads. Fast Firebase API scraper for market research, recruiting, startup monitoring, and AI/RAG datasets.