HackerNews Scraper
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Pay per usage
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Pay per usage
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Salman Bareesh
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Social news for CS and entrepreneurship Returns clean, structured JSON records ready for analysis, automation, or integration with other tools.
What You Get
- Post content and metadata
- User profiles and follower counts
- Engagement metrics
- Hashtags and trends
All results are returned as structured JSON objects — no parsing or cleanup required.
Quick Start
Click Run with default settings — no configuration needed. The actor works out of the box.
Input Options
| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
maxResults | 100 | Maximum records to retrieve (1–10,000). Increase for bulk exports. |
Output Format
Results are pushed to the Apify Dataset as individual JSON records. Each run also saves a summary to the Key-Value Store under OUTPUT:
Dataset records contain the raw structured data returned by the source, including fields like:
- Post content and metadata
- User profiles and follower counts
- Engagement metrics
Use Cases
- Social media monitoring
- Brand reputation tools
- Influencer research
- Content strategy platforms
Pricing
$1.00 per 1,000 results — pay only for what you use. Pricing is based on the number of records pushed to the dataset.
| Results | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 | $0.10 |
| 1,000 | $1.00 |
| 10,000 | $10.00 |
Notes
- Results are pushed to the dataset in real time as they are fetched
- The actor automatically retries failed requests up to 3 times
- Rate limiting is handled gracefully with built-in delays
- Run multiple times safely — each run creates a fresh dataset
