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Hacker News Scraper - Stories & Comments

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments & user profiles. Extract titles, URLs, scores, comment counts, timestamps, full comment threads. Monitor trending tech topics in real time. Pay per result. Export JSON/CSV.

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Hacker News Scraper

Fast and reliable Hacker News scraper using the official Firebase API. Extract stories from top, new, best, Ask HN, and Show HN with full metadata.

Features

🚀 Uses official Hacker News Firebase API (no parsing, 100% reliable)
📊 Multiple story types: top, new, best, ask, show
💬 Includes comment counts
⚡ Fast and efficient
📦 Clean, structured data output

Input

Story Type (required): Type of stories to scrape
- top - Top Stories
- new - New Stories
- best - Best Stories
- ask - Ask HN
- show - Show HN
Maximum Items (default: 30): Number of stories to scrape (1-500)
Include Comment Count (default: true): Whether to fetch comment counts

Output

Each story contains:

id - Unique story ID
title - Story title
url - Story URL (or HN discussion URL for text posts)
score - Story points/score
author - Username of the author
time - Unix timestamp
timestamp - ISO 8601 timestamp
type - Story type (story, ask, show, etc.)
text - Story text content (for Ask HN, Show HN, etc.)
commentsCount - Number of comments

Example Output

{
  "id": 39526341,
  "title": "Show HN: I built a tool to visualize algorithm complexity",
  "url": "https://example.com/algorithm-viz",
  "score": 847,
  "author": "developer123",
  "time": 1708520400,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-21T12:00:00.000Z",
  "type": "story",
  "text": null,
  "commentsCount": 142
}

Use Cases

Monitor trending tech discussions
Track Ask HN and Show HN launches
Analyze discussion patterns
Build HN aggregators or newsletters
Research topic trends

API Rate Limits

Uses the official Hacker News API which has no rate limits. Respectful usage is encouraged.

Support

For issues or questions, please open an issue on GitHub or contact support.

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