Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

Hacker News Scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories and comments. Get top, new, best, ask, show, and job stories via Firebase API. Full-text search via Algolia HN API. Includes scores, authors, timestamps.

Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

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Developer

lulz bot

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

3 days ago

Last modified

Features

Top/New/Best stories from HN front page
Ask HN, Show HN, Jobs dedicated feeds
Full-text search via Algolia HN Search API
Optional comment fetching with configurable depth
Real-time data from official HN APIs

Modes

Mode	Description
`top`	Current top stories
`new`	Newest stories
`best`	Best stories of all time
`ask`	Ask HN posts
`show`	Show HN posts
`job`	Job postings
`search`	Full-text search via Algolia

Input Example

{
    "mode": "top",
    "maxResults": 30,
    "includeComments": true,
    "maxCommentDepth": 2
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	number	HN story ID
`title`	string	Story title
`url`	string	Story URL
`score`	number	Upvote score
`by`	string	Author username
`time`	number	Unix timestamp
`timeISO`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp
`descendants`	number	Total comment count
`type`	string	Item type (story/job)
`text`	string	Story text (for Ask/Show HN)
`hnUrl`	string	HN discussion URL
`comments`	array	Nested comments (if enabled)

Cost

This actor charges $0.005 per result using Pay-Per-Event pricing.

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