Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Users & Search
Pricing
Pay per usage
Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, user profiles, and search by keyword using the official HN Firebase API and Algolia search API. No auth required.
You can access the Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Users & Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youβll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "scrapeMode": "topStories",12 "searchQuery": "python",13 "storyId": "43186765",14 "username": "pg",15 "maxItems": 100,16 "maxCommentsPerStory": 5017};18
19// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish20const run = await client.actor("nominated_tupelo/hacker-news-scraper").call(input);21
22// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)23console.log('Results from dataset');24console.log(`πΎ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);25const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();26items.forEach((item) => {27 console.dir(item);28});29
30// π Want to learn more π? Go to β https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Users & Search API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: