Pricing

Pay per usage

Hacker News Scraper

Scrape stories from Hacker News including top, new, best, ask, show, and job stories. Returns titles, URLs, scores, comment counts, and optionally top-level comments. Uses the official HN Firebase API.

Pricing

Pay per usage

Rating

0.0

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Developer

Stephan Corbeil

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

6 days ago

Last modified

Features

Fetch stories from multiple feeds: top, new, best, ask, show, job
Configurable story limits (1-500)
Optional top-level comment extraction (up to 10 per story)
No API key needed - uses public HN Firebase API
Fast async/await execution
Structured JSON output

Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`searchType`	string	Story type: top, new, best, ask, show, job	"top"
`maxResults`	integer	Maximum stories to fetch (1-500)	30
`includeComments`	boolean	Include top 10 comments per story	false

Output

Each story record includes:

id: Story ID
title: Story title
url: External URL (if applicable)
hnUrl: Direct link to HN discussion
author: Story author/submitter
score: Points/upvotes
commentCount: Total comments on story
type: Item type (story, poll, etc.)
time: Unix timestamp
text: Text content (Ask HN, Show HN)
topComments: Array of top 10 comments (if enabled)

Example Usage

{
    "searchType": "top",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "includeComments": true
}

API Reference

Uses the Hacker News Firebase API:

Base URL: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0
Endpoints:
- /topstories.json - Top stories
- /newstories.json - Newest stories
- /beststories.json - Best stories
- /askstories.json - Ask HN posts
- /showstories.json - Show HN posts
- /jobstories.json - Job listings
- /item/{id}.json - Individual item details

License

MIT - Built for nexgendata/Apify

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