You can access the Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "queries": ["apify"],
10    "tags": "story",
11    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("primesieve/hackernews-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean API in JavaScript

Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean API through CLI

Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean OpenAPI definition

Hacker News Search Scraper — fetch-clean API

Hacker News Scraper

centspy/hackernews-scraper

Search and scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN and Ask HN via the public API. No proxy, no browser.

brandon nadeau

Hacker News Search & Monitor

agentictools/hacker-news-search

Search and export Hacker News stories, comments, and Ask or Show HN by keyword, author, points, or date. No API key.

Ken Agland

Hacker News Scraper — Stories & Comments Search

omao/hackernews

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN and Ask HN by keyword into clean JSON: title, URL, author, points, comment count and dates. Powered by the official HN Algolia API. No anti-bot.

Marouane Oulabass

Hacker News Story Search

jeeves_is_my_copilot/hacker-news-story-search

Search Hacker News stories through the public Algolia HN Search API.

Alexander Abernathy

Hacker News Scraper

lulzasaur/hn-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories and comments. Get top, new, best, ask, show, and job stories via Firebase API. Full-text search via Algolia HN API. Includes scores, authors, timestamps.

lulz bot

Hacker News Stories, Comments & Users Scraper

crawlerbros/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News - search stories and comments, fetch top/new/best stories, get user profiles and submission history. Uses the official Algolia HN Search API and Hacker News Firebase API.

Crawler Bros

Hacker News Scraper

optimus-fulcria/hackernews-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, and user profiles. Top/new/best/ask/show/job stories, Algolia search, nested comments.

Fulcria Labs

Hacker News Scraper

blazing_stake/hackernews-scraper

Search and scrape Hacker News stories, comments and discussions via the official HN Algolia API. Filter by keyword, type, points, date. No API key.

Mehmet Kut

Hacker News Scraper

bgfc97/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Show/Ask HN and front page via the official Algolia HN Search API — title, URL, points, comment count, author, text, dates — by keyword or author. Reliable, no key.