# Hacker News RSS to JSON

**Use case:** 

Turn the Hacker News front page into clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Get the title, link, comments URL, author and publish time of the top stories, ready for dashboards, alerts, newsletters or AI agents. Schedule it hourly to track what the tech community is reading.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://hnrss.org/frontpage"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerFeed": 30,
  "includeContent": false,
  "discoverFeeds": true,
  "maxFeedsPerWebsite": 3
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "feedTitle": {
    "label": "Feed"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "link": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "published": {
    "label": "Published"
  },
  "updated": {
    "label": "Updated"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "categories": {
    "label": "Categories"
  },
  "summary": {
    "label": "Summary"
  },
  "enclosureUrl": {
    "label": "Enclosure",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "enclosureType": {
    "label": "Enclosure type"
  },
  "guid": {
    "label": "GUID"
  },
  "feedUrl": {
    "label": "Feed URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "feedType": {
    "label": "Feed type"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The RSS & Atom Feed Reader — Auto-Discover Feeds to JSON Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Hacker News RSS to JSON". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/uoRVLvyHUnrDdxHIc) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Hacker News RSS to JSON" task

The RSS & Atom Feed Reader — Auto-Discover Feeds to JSON Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like feed or website urls, max items per feed, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Hacker News RSS to JSON" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as feed, title, link, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Hacker News RSS to JSON" task via API](https://apify.com/scarlet_harrier/rss-feed-reader.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [RSS & Atom Feed Reader — Auto-Discover Feeds to JSON](https://apify.com/scarlet_harrier/rss-feed-reader.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scarlet_harrier/rss-feed-reader.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/scarlet_harrier/rss-feed-reader.md

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