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Hacker News Scraper

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Search Hacker News stories and comments with filters for tag, minimum score and date range. Returns title, URL, author, points, comment count, timestamps and full comment text. Sort by relevance or date, filter to front page, Show HN or Ask HN, and page up to Algolia's 1,000-hit window per query.

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from $0.40 / 1,000 story or comments

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Superslow Sloth

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Hacker News Scraper API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Hacker News Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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