Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

Hacker News Algolia Search

Full-text search across all of Hacker News — stories, comments, Ask/Show HN, polls — by keyword, author, date or points, powered by the free official HN Algolia API. Returns clean JSON with title, url, author, points and comment counts. No key or login required.

Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Assia Fadli

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

Features

Full-text search over the entire Hacker News archive via Algolia.
Filter by item type: Stories, Comments, Polls, Show HN, Ask HN or Front page.
Optionally restrict results to a single author.
Sort by relevance or newest first.
Transparently pages through results until your Max items limit is reached.
Emits one flat, ready-to-use JSON record per result.
Skips gracefully over any malformed hit so a single bad row never stops the run.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`query`	string	—	Keywords to search for across Hacker News.
`tags`	select	`story`	Result type: `story`, `comment`, `poll`, `show_hn`, `ask_hn`, `front_page`.
`sortBy`	select	`relevance`	`relevance` (best match) or `date` (newest first).
`author`	string	—	Optional. Only results by this HN username.
`maxItems`	integer	`50`	Maximum number of results to fetch.

Example input

{
  "query": "rust",
  "tags": "story",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Or find the newest comments by a given author:

{
  "query": "typescript",
  "tags": "comment",
  "sortBy": "date",
  "author": "pg",
  "maxItems": 25
}

Output

Each dataset record looks like this:

{
  "objectId": "40584021",
  "title": "Rust in the Linux kernel",
  "url": "https://example.com/rust-kernel",
  "author": "pg",
  "points": 412,
  "numComments": 187,
  "storyText": null,
  "tags": ["story", "author_pg", "story_40584021"],
  "createdAt": "2024-06-11T14:22:07.000Z",
  "hnUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584021"
}

Field	Description
`objectId`	Hacker News item ID (Algolia `objectID`).
`title`	Story title (falls back to the parent story's title for comments).
`url`	The story's external URL (null for Ask HN / text posts).
`author`	Author username.
`points`	Points/upvotes (null for comments).
`numComments`	Comment count (null for comments).
`storyText`	Body text for stories, or the comment body for comments, as raw HTML.
`tags`	The Algolia `_tags` array attached to the hit.
`createdAt`	Submission time as an ISO 8601 timestamp.
`hnUrl`	Link to the item on Hacker News.

Pricing

This actor uses the pay-per-event model: you are charged once per successfully returned search result (the result-scraped event). If the pay-per-event budget is reached mid-run, the actor stops so you are never billed further.

Data source

The actor talks to the official Hacker News search API powered by Algolia:

Relevance: https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search
Newest first: https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date
Query params: query, tags, hitsPerPage, page

The API is free and requires no authentication.

License

MIT © Assia Fadli

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.

Bruno

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 Scraper

mangudai/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, and polls. Search by keyword, filter by points or comments, sort by relevance or date. Get title, url, author, points, comment count, and timestamps as clean JSON. No login, no API key.

Mangudäi

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Comments, Ask/Show HN

hipersoft/hacker-news-scraper

Scrape Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN, jobs and polls by keyword, points, comments and date range. Sort by relevance or newest. Title, URL, author, points, comment count, text and HN link. Fast clean HTTP via the HN Algolia API, no key.

hiper soft

Hacker News Scraper - Stories, Comments & Search (No API Key)

flash_scraper/hn-scraper

Search all of Hacker News by keyword and export clean rows: type, title, url, author, points, comments, date, text, and the HN discussion link. Filter by tag (story/comment/Ask HN/Show HN), author, min points/comments, and recency. Sort by relevance or newest. Free Algolia HN Search API, no API key.

Flash Scrape

Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments & Developer Sentiment

ryanclinton/hackernews-search

Search and extract stories, comments, polls, Show HN, and Ask HN posts from Hacker News. This actor uses the Algolia HN Search API to find content by keyword, filter by author, date range, minimum points, and comment count -- then returns clean, structured JSON ready for analysis, monitoring, or ...

Ryan Clinton

Hacker News Scraper — Stories, Comments & Ask HN by Keyword

convertfleetdotonline/hacker-news-scraper

Search and export Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN, Show HN and polls by keyword. Points, author, comment counts, URLs & timestamps. Official public API — no login, no key, no proxy. JSON/CSV export.

Hasnain Nisar

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 Search Scraper (Free)

fit_melon/hacker-news-search-scraper

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Ask HN & Show HN by keyword. Filter by points, sort by date or relevance, full HN archive. Clean JSON output via the official Algolia HN API. 100% free — no API key needed.

D N

Hacker News Search Scraper Stories, Comments, Show HN, Ask HN

seemuapps/hn-search-scraper

Search Hacker News stories, comments, Show HN, Ask HN, polls, and jobs by keyword, author, date range, points, and comment count. Full text and engagement metrics. No login.