Pricing

from $0.00035 / story

Hacker News Scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, and rankings. Get titles, points, authors, and URLs via the official Algolia API. Search by keyword or list top/new/best stories. Ideal for developer audience research, tech trend monitoring, and AI training datasets.

Pricing

from $0.00035 / story

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Prince Jain

Actor stats

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Total users

Monthly active users

a day ago

Last modified

What does this Actor do?

Hacker News Scraper extracts structured data from the web and saves it to a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, or Excel. It runs on the Apify platform with pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results you receive.

Use cases

Monitor trending tech and startup stories on Hacker News
Build AI training datasets from high-signal developer discussions
Track Show HN and Ask HN for product research and hiring signals

Input

Configure the run in the Apify Console or via API. See the Input tab for all fields and prefill examples.

Optional: add a Proxy configuration for sites that require residential IPs.

Output fields

Each result includes: id, title, url, author, points, numComments, createdAt, section.

View results in the run's Dataset tab or fetch them via the Apify API.

Pricing

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005
Result	See store pricing tab

from $0.35 per 1,000 stories · $0.12 per 1,000 comments. No platform usage fees with pay-per-event on Apify Store.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No — this Actor uses public endpoints and does not require third-party API credentials.

Can I schedule runs? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run this Actor hourly, daily, or on a custom cron.

How do I integrate with my workflow? Call the Actor via the Apify API, webhooks, or MCP. Results land in an Apify dataset.

Keywords

Hacker News scraper, HN stories API, Y Combinator news, tech trend monitoring, developer community data

Author

Prince Jain — https://w.prince.sh/website · mail@prince.sh

Apify Store: prince.sh/hacker-news-scraper

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