Pricing

Pay per event

Hacker News Scraper

Extract stories, comments, and user data from Hacker News. Browse 6 feed types (Top, New, Best, Ask HN, Show HN, Jobs) or search with filters for points, comments, and date ranges. Get nested comment threads with depth control and author karma scores. Perfect for tech trends monitoring and analysis.

Pricing

Pay per event

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0.0

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Developer

ParseForge

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Monthly active users

2 days ago

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You can access the Hacker News Scraper 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 Integrations settings 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    "mode": "feed",
12    "maxItems": 10,
13    "feedType": "top",
14    "searchQuery": "AI",
15    "contentType": "story",
16    "sortBy": "relevance"
17};
18
19// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20const run = await client.actor("parseforge/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(`💾 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// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Comments, and Users API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Scraper 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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