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Hacker News Search: Stories, Comments and Top Lists

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Search every Hacker News story or comment ever posted, or get the live front page, new, best, Ask HN, Show HN and job lists, with points, comment counts and the top comments. Small, clean JSON for AI agents and research.

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News

Optional

The Hacker News item ID

Type:integer

Type

type

Optional

story, job, poll or comment

Type:string

Title

title

Optional

Type:string | null

Link

url

Optional

The page the story links to (none for Ask HN posts)

Type:string | null

Site

domain

Optional

The linked site, without www.

Type:string | null

Text

text

Optional

The post or comment as plain text (email addresses and phone numbers removed)

Type:string | null

Author

author

Optional

Hacker News username

Type:string | null

Points

points

Optional

Type:integer | null

Comments

comments

Optional

Number of comments on the story

Type:integer

Posted

createdAt

Optional

When it was posted (UTC)

Type:string | null

On HN

hnUrl

Optional

The discussion page on Hacker News

Type:string

Rank

rank

Optional

Position on the live list (lists only)

Type:integer | null

Top comments

topComments

Optional

The story's first comments: id, author, text, createdAt, replies (only when asked for)

Type:array

Story ID

storyId

Optional

For a comment: the story it's on

Type:integer | null

Story

storyTitle

Optional

For a comment: the story's title

Type:string | null

Story link

storyUrl

Optional

For a comment: the story's link

Type:string | null

Reply to

parentId

Optional

For a comment: the item it replies to

Type:integer | null

Scraped

scrapedAt

Optional

Type:string

Error

error

Optional

Only on an input-problem row

Type:string

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