Hacker News Topic Momentum Tracker
Pricing
from $4.00 / 1,000 momentum-ranked stories
Track which Hacker News stories in any topic are gaining real momentum right now, ranked by engagement velocity, not just raw points.
You can access the Hacker News Topic Momentum Tracker 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "query": "AI agents",10 "daysBack": 14,11 "maxResults": 20,12}13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish15run = client.actor("saint_person/hn-topic-momentum-tracker").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-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Topic Momentum Tracker API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: