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Hacker News Scraper - Stories & Comments

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Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword. No login.

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What it does

Give it one or more keywords and it returns, for each match:

type — story or comment
title / text — the headline or comment body
points, numComments — engagement
author, createdAt — who and when
url — the linked article (for stories)
hnUrl — the Hacker News discussion link

Use cases

Track what HN is saying about your product, company, or a competitor
Research trends and sentiment in tech/startup topics
Build datasets of top stories on a subject for analysis or newsletters
Feed HN discussion data into an AI agent or dashboard

Input

Field	Description
`queries`	One or more keywords/phrases to search
`tags`	Stories only, comments only, or both
`sortByDate`	Newest-first, or by relevance/popularity
`maxItemsPerQuery`	How many results per keyword (up to 1000)

Output

One row per story/comment, ready for a spreadsheet, database, or AI pipeline.

{
  "query": "AI agents",
  "type": "story",
  "title": "An AI agent published a hit piece on me",
  "points": 2346,
  "author": "scottshambaugh",
  "numComments": 951,
  "url": "https://theshamblog.com/...",
  "hnUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729",
  "createdAt": "2026-02-12T16:23:24Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per result — you're only charged for the items you actually receive.

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