# Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' Scraper (`tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper`) Actor

Every job post from Hacker News 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' for any month, with company, remote/onsite, visa flags and full text. Filter by keyword. Pay per post.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [TidyHarvest](https://apify.com/tidyharvest) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 posts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' Scraper

**Turn Hacker News' monthly "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" thread into a searchable, exportable table, for $0.30 per 1,000 posts.**
It is one of the best sources of startup and engineering jobs on the internet, and it is a wall of text. This Actor structures it.

### Why people use it

- **Job seekers** - filter hundreds of posts by keyword (`machine learning`, `rust`, `climate`) or remote-only, and export.
- **Recruiters & investors** - see which startups are hiring, for what, month after month.
- **Trend watchers** - track how demand for skills and technologies moves over time.

### What you get per post

Company (first field of the post header), the full header line, **remote / onsite / visa-sponsorship flags**, poster, date, link to the
original comment and the **full post text**.

### Simple to use

1. Pick `latest` or a month like `2026-09`.
2. Optionally add keywords or tick remote only.
3. Run and export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.

### Pricing

**Pay per post returned: $0.0003.** No monthly rental, no start fee. Set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops at your limit.

### Source

Data comes from the official Hacker News search API (hn.algolia.com). Only top-level job posts are returned, not the replies.
The company field is read from the post's first header field and is best-effort, since posters format their headers differently.

### FAQ

**Is this affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator?** No.

# Actor input Schema

## `month` (type: `string`):

latest, or a month like 2026-09. Uses the monthly 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' thread.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep posts mentioning any of these, e.g. machine learning, rust, climate.

## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only posts that mention remote work.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap on posts returned, 1 to 1000. You are charged per post.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "month": "latest",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All results from this run.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Counts and any problems.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tidyharvest/hacker-news-who-is-hiring-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/rVmkdiVVEDpupzOyP/builds/3jKBr9Z83rf85eWvX/openapi.json