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Hacker News Scraper: Stories, Comments, Users & Search

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, user profiles, and search by keyword using the official HN Firebase API and Algolia search API. No auth required.

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Developer

kade

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Total users

Monthly active users

21 days ago

Last modified

Categories

News

Developer tools

Scrape Mode

scrapeMode

Required

What to scrape: top/new/best/ask/show/job story feeds, full-text keyword search, story thread with comments, or user profile.

Type:string

Default:topStories

Options:

topStoriesnewStoriesbestStoriesaskStoriesshowStoriesjobStoriessearchthreaduser

Search Query

searchQuery

Optional

Keyword(s) to search HN (Algolia full-text search). Used when scrapeMode=search.

Type:string

Search Sort Order

searchSortBy

Optional

Sort search results by relevance or by date (newest first). Only applies to scrapeMode=search.

Type:string

Default:relevance

Options:

relevancedate

Search Content Type

searchType

Optional

Restrict search to stories only, comments only, or all content.

Type:string

Default:story

Options:

allstorycomment

Story ID or HN URL

storyId

Optional

HN item ID or full URL (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43186765). Used when scrapeMode=thread.

Type:string

HN Username

username

Optional

Hacker News username to fetch profile and submissions. Used when scrapeMode=user.

Type:string

Max Items

maxItems

Optional

Maximum number of items to return. 0 = no limit.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:50000

Default:100

Include Comments

includeComments

Optional

Fetch full comment trees for each story when using feed or search modes. Makes extra API calls — keep maxItems low.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Max Comments Per Story

maxCommentsPerStory

Optional

Maximum comments to fetch per story when includeComments=true.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:2000

Default:50

Minimum Score

minScore

Optional

Only include stories with at least this many points. 0 = include all.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:0

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