Hacker News Scraper: Front Page, Search & Who's Hiring Jobs
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Scrape Hacker News: front page and lists with rank, full-history keyword search with points and comment filters, and monthly 'Who is hiring?' threads parsed into structured job posts with salary and remote info.
You can access the Hacker News Scraper: Front Page, Search & Who's Hiring Jobs programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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