# Hacker News Who's Hiring Jobs Scraper (Remote, Visa, Stack) (`pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs`) Actor

Extract every job post from Hacker News 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' monthly threads. Parses company, remote/onsite, visa sponsorship, salary text, tech stack, links and emails. Filter by keywords and remote. Great for startup hiring signals and job boards.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs.md
- **Developed by:** [Rakesh Pai](https://apify.com/pj_pai) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hacker News Who's Hiring Jobs Scraper (Remote, Visa, Stack)

Extract every job post from Hacker News 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' monthly threads. Parses company, remote/onsite, visa sponsorship, salary text, tech stack, links and emails. Filter by keywords and remote. Great for startup hiring signals and job boards.

**Data source:** the official Hacker News Algolia API (hn.algolia.com), which mirrors the public monthly 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' threads posted by the whoishiring account. It needs no login, proxy or browser. Results are returned as clean, flat JSON that is ready for spreadsheets, databases, BI tools and AI agents.

### What can you use it for?

- Startup hiring-signal lead lists (which startups are hiring engineers right now)
- Remote and visa-sponsoring job alerts
- Tech-stack demand tracking month over month
- Feeding niche job boards and newsletters
- Use it as a tool from AI agents through the Apify MCP server, or schedule it and send new results to Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook

### Input

| Field | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `months` | Months back | How many of the latest monthly threads to scan (1 = current month) |
| `keywords` | Keywords | Only posts containing any of these words (case-insensitive), e.g. python, data engineer |
| `matchAll` | Require all keywords | Post must contain every keyword instead of any |
| `remoteOnly` | Remote only | Only posts whose header mentions REMOTE |
| `threadIds` | Specific thread IDs (optional) | HN item IDs of Who is hiring threads; overrides Months back |
| `maxResults` | Max results | Total posts to return |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "months": 1,
  "keywords": [
    "python"
  ],
  "remoteOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 10
}
```

### Output

Each result is one dataset item with these fields: `month`, `threadId`, `commentId`, `author`, `postedAt`, `company`, `headline`, `headlineParts`, `isRemote`, `onsite`, `visaSponsorship`, `salaryText`, `techMentioned`, `urls`, `emails`, `text`, `hnUrl`.

#### Example output (real result, long fields shortened)

```json
{
  "month": "October 2026",
  "threadId": "49922569",
  "commentId": "49922609",
  "author": "mcintyem",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-01T15:03:36.000Z",
  "company": "Sidekick Labs",
  "headline": "Sidekick Labs | Senior SWE, R&D Engineer, Intelligence Engineer | REMOTE (US Timezones) | Full-time | $170k to $230k Base + Equity + Health",
  "headlineParts": [
    "Sidekick Labs",
    "Senior SWE, R&D Engineer, Intelligence Engineer",
    "REMOTE (US Timezones)",
    "Full-time",
    "$170k to $230k Base + Equity + Health"
  ],
  "isRemote": true,
  "onsite": false,
  "visaSponsorship": null,
  "salaryText": "$170k",
  "techMentioned": [
    "python",
    "go",
    "ai"
  ],
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/three-two-one",
    "https://sidekicklabs.com"
  ],
  "emails": [
    "hiring@sidekicklabs.com"
  ],
  "text": "Sidekick Labs | Senior SWE, R&D Engineer, Intelligence Engineer | REMOTE (US Timezones) | Full-time | $170k to $230k Base + Equity + Health\nSidekick builds AI security software for enterprises. Our se…",
  "hnUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49922609"
}
```

Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read them through the Apify API.

### Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing. You pay **$0.002 per job post** returned, plus standard Apify platform usage, which is small because the Actor uses lightweight HTTP requests (no browser). You are never charged for results that are not returned. To cap spending, set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

### Tips

- Start with a small max-results value to check your filters, then scale up.
- Schedule the Actor (for example daily) to monitor changes over time.
- The data comes straight from the source, so its freshness and completeness depend on that publisher.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by any website, platform or data publisher named here. Use it in line with the target sites' terms and applicable privacy laws (e.g. GDPR/CAN-SPAM for contact data). Verify critical decisions against the official source.

# Actor input Schema

## `months` (type: `integer`):

How many of the latest monthly threads to scan (1 = current month)

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only posts containing any of these words (case-insensitive), e.g. python, data engineer

## `matchAll` (type: `boolean`):

Post must contain every keyword instead of any

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only posts whose header mentions REMOTE

## `threadIds` (type: `array`):

HN item IDs of Who is hiring threads; overrides Months back

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Total posts to return

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "months": 1,
  "keywords": [
    "python"
  ],
  "matchAll": false,
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "python"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": ["python"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "python"
  ]
}' |
apify call pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pj_pai/hn-whos-hiring-jobs"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XWsWjpGvccVfA5cgo/builds/OUyolP6fpfbuaaaaK/openapi.json