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Hacker News Search Scraper

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Search Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN and front-page items by keyword, date range, minimum points or comments. Returns title, URL, author, points, comment count and timestamps. Public Algolia API, no login.

Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 item rows

Rating

0.0

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Developer

John Rutherford

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Monthly active users

4 days ago

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What you get

One row per item:

Field	Meaning
`object_id`, `type`	HN id and story / comment / ask_hn / show_hn / poll / job
`title`, `url`, `hn_url`	Headline, outbound link, discussion link
`author`, `points`, `num_comments`, `created_at`	Who, score, discussion size, when (ISO)
`text`	Story text or comment body as plain text
`story_id`, `parent_id`	Thread context for comments
`tags`	Raw HN tags

Sample row:

{
  "type": "story",
  "title": "Show HN: A faster way to scrape public APIs",
  "url": "https://example.com/post",
  "hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41234567",
  "author": "pg",
  "points": 312,
  "num_comments": 148,
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T14:22:10.000Z"
}

Input

Option	Default	What it does
Search query		Keywords; empty lists everything matching the filters
Item types	Stories	Stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, front page, polls, jobs
Sort by	Relevance	Or newest first
Since / Until		ISO date window
Min points / Min comments	0	Quality floor
Author username		One user's items
Max items	200	Cap output

Schedule it hourly with Sort by = newest and a brand keyword for a mention alert.

Pricing

Pay per event: one small charge per item row.

Notes and limits

Algolia caps a single query at about 1,000 results per filter combination. Narrow the date window to go deeper.
Comment text is plain text with HTML removed.

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