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Hacker News Scraper: npm & PyPI Developer Signals

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Track Hacker News mentions, Show HN and Launch HN posts, plus npm and PyPI package versions, repo links and download counts, in one dataset. Keyless public APIs. From $0.001 per item.

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Configure MCP server with Hacker News Scraper API: npm and PyPI Developer Signals

The configuration above connects to the hosted Apify MCP server with the Hacker News Scraper API: npm and PyPI Developer Signals Actor already loaded. It uses OAuth, so your client opens a browser window to sign you in to Apify on first use. No API token is needed. Clients without OAuth support can authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer header carrying an API token from API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Get a ready-to-use configuration for your MCP client with the Hacker News Scraper API: npm and PyPI Developer Signals Actor preconfigured at https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,transparent_meteorite/developer-signals.

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