search = full-text search of stories/comments; thread = a whole discussion flattened; users = user profiles; monthlyThreads = posts from the monthly Who is hiring / Who wants to be hired / Freelancer threads.

Type:string

Default:search

Options:

searchthreadusersmonthlyThreads

Search queries (mode: search)

queries

Optional

Keywords. Leave empty to list everything of the chosen type in the date range.

Type:array

Content type (mode: search)

contentType

Optional

What to search.

Type:string

Default:story

Options:

storycommentask_hnshow_hn

Sort by date (mode: search)

sortByDate

Optional

Newest first instead of by relevance.

Type:boolean

Default:false

From date

fromDate

Optional

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Type:string

To date

toDate

Optional

e.g. 2025-12-31.

Type:string

Minimum points (mode: search)

minPoints

Optional

Only items with at least this many points.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Items (mode: thread)

items

Optional

HN item URLs or IDs, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863.

Type:array

Usernames (mode: users)

usernames

Optional

HN usernames.

Type:array

Monthly thread (mode: monthlyThreads)

threadKind

Optional

hiring = Who is hiring?; wanted = Who wants to be hired?; freelance = Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?

Type:string

Default:hiring

Options:

hiringwantedfreelance

Months (mode: monthlyThreads)

monthsBack

Optional

How many of the latest monthly threads to read.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:12

Default:1

Keyword filter (mode: monthlyThreads)

keywordFilter

Optional

Keep only posts mentioning any of these words, e.g. python, remote, visa.

Type:array

Max items per query / thread

maxItemsPerQuery

Optional

Upper bound on rows per query, thread or monthly thread. Search returns at most 1000 hits per query (Algolia limit).

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:5000

Default:100

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