Hacker News Scraper
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Hacker News Scraper
Scrapes Hacker News by search, user, listing (front page/new/ask/show/jobs/best), or specific threads.
Hacker News Scraper
Pricing
from $1.00 / 1,000 dataset rows
Scrapes Hacker News by search, user, listing (front page/new/ask/show/jobs/best), or specific threads.
You can access the Hacker News Scraper 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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