# Hacker News Who is Hiring Tech Jobs Scraper (`litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper`) Actor Scrape monthly 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' threads from Hacker News. Extract company name, job role, remote eligibility, tech stack, contact emails, and direct application links with full comment text. - **URL**: https://apify.com/litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [LiteZero](https://apify.com/litezero) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.84 / 1,000 item scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## 💼 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring?' Tech Jobs Scraper Extract verified engineering jobs, early-stage startup roles, tech stacks, remote policies, and direct founder/hiring manager contact emails from the monthly [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com) *"Ask HN: Who is hiring?"* megathreads. *** ### ⚡ Key Capabilities - **Automatic Megathread Discovery**: Automatically detects and queries the latest monthly hiring thread on Hacker News without manual thread ID lookups. - **Direct Founder & Engineering Contacts**: Extracts unmasked hiring manager emails and direct job board links from comments. - **Smart Parsing & Normalization**: Splits canonical HN job headers into `company`, `role`, `location`, and `isRemote`. - **Keyword & Remote Filtering**: Filter jobs by programming languages (`Rust`, `Python`, `TypeScript`, `Go`), domains (`AI`, `Fintech`, `Crypto`), or remote-only. - **Pay-Per-Result Pricing**: Only pay **$1.20 per 1,000 job postings** extracted. *** ### 📊 Comparison with Alternatives | Feature | 💼 HN Who is Hiring Scraper | Manual HN Reading | Aggregator Job Boards | |---|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **Automation** | Batch API calls to structured dataset | Scrolling 800+ comments | Stale / duplicate postings | | **Direct Contact** | Extracts founder emails & URLs | Manual copy-pasting | Middleman recruiter forms | | **Filtering** | Filter by tech stack & remote status | Browser `Ctrl+F` search | Generic checkboxes | | **Pricing** | **$1.20 / 1,000 postings** | Hours of manual reading | High subscription fees | *** ### 📥 Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|:---:|:---:|---| | `searchKeywords` | `Array` | `["Remote", "Python"]` | Filter by tech stack or keywords (e.g. `Rust`, `AI`). | | `remoteOnly` | `boolean` | `false` | Only extract postings with remote work options. | | `maxJobs` | `number` | `50` | Maximum number of job postings to retrieve. | *** ### 📤 Output Sample ```json { "id": "22665400", "threadTitle": "Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?", "threadId": "22665398", "author": "zocdoc_eng", "company": "Zocdoc", "role": "Senior Software Engineers: Frontend & Full Stack", "location": "NYC and PHX", "isRemote": true, "headline": "Zocdoc | Senior Software Engineers | NYC / PHX | Full Time", "descriptionText": "Zocdoc is hiring across engineering, infra, and product...", "contactEmails": ["jobs@zocdoc.com"], "applicationUrls": ["https://www.zocdoc.com/careers"], "commentUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665400", "postedAt": "2026-10-01T15:30:00.000Z", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-03T08:00:00.000Z" } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`): Filter postings by skills or roles (e.g. 'Python', 'Rust', 'Remote', 'AI', 'Fullstack'). Leave blank for all. ## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`): Filter strictly for positions mentioning REMOTE or Remote-friendly. ## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of tech job postings to output. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchKeywords": [ "Remote", "Python" ], "remoteOnly": false, "maxJobs": 50 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchKeywords": [ "Remote", "Python" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchKeywords": [ "Remote", "Python", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchKeywords": [ "Remote", "Python" ] }' | apify call litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,litezero/hackernews-who-is-hiring-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CqdMXxGx7hYzRCyzw/builds/6irMQ4qwbIi3CpGBQ/openapi.json