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Hacker News Data Scraper & Activity Monitoring

lucen_data/hacker-news-data-scraper-activity-monitoring
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Unofficial Hacker News API to extract data from all Hacker News categories. You can filter posts based on specific keywords, track trends using the unique activity monitoring feature, and receive updates directly in your Slack channel.

You can access the Hacker News Data Scraper & Activity Monitoring programmatically from your own Python 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.

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    "hnDataSource": " ",
10    "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": True },
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("lucen_data/hacker-news-data-scraper-activity-monitoring").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Hacker News Data Scraper & Activity Monitoring API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Data Scraper & Activity Monitoring API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

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