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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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Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor - Stories + Comments OpenAPI definition

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You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Hacker News Scraper & Keyword Monitor (Stories + Comments) from the options below:

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