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Hacker News Top Stories

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Scrape Hacker News stories - top, new, best, ask, or show. Get titles, points, authors, and comment counts.

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from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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Hacker News Top Stories Scraper

What Does Hacker News Top Stories Scraper Do?

The Hacker News Top Stories Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts stories from Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com). Choose from top, newest, best, Ask HN, or Show HN stories. Get titles, URLs, point counts, authors, comment counts, and rankings.

Why Scrape Hacker News?

Hacker News is the premier tech community for developers, founders, and tech enthusiasts. This scraper enables trend tracking, content curation, competitive intelligence, and developer community monitoring.

How to Use This Hacker News Scraper

Choose a list type (top, new, best, ask, or show).
Set the maximum number of items to extract.
Run the actor to get structured story data.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`listType`	enum	Story list type (top/new/best/ask/show)	`top`
`maxItems`	integer	Maximum items to scrape	`30`

Output Data

Each story includes:

title - Story title
url - External URL or HN discussion URL
points - Number of upvotes
author - Submitter username
commentCount - Number of comments
age - Time since submission
rank - Position on the list
scrapedAt - Timestamp of the scrape

Cost of Usage

Per result: $0.01
Per 1,000 results: $10
Actor start cost: $0.005

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