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Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor (Stories + Comments)

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Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword and get only exact mentions (no typo-matched noise). Monitor mode returns only NEW mentions since the last run for brand, competitor and topic alerts. Official HN Search API, no login, no proxy.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 items

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panda studio

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You can access the Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor (Stories + Comments) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "keywords": [
12        "apify",
13        "\"web scraping\""
14    ],
15    "contentTypes": [
16        "story",
17        "comment"
18    ],
19    "daysBack": 7,
20    "maxItemsPerKeyword": 50
21};
22
23// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24const run = await client.actor("panda_studio/hacker-news-monitor").call(input);
25
26// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
27console.log('Results from dataset');
28console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
29const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
30items.forEach((item) => {
31    console.dir(item);
32});
33
34// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor - Stories + Comments API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor (Stories + Comments) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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