# HN Who is Hiring Jobs (`zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs`) Actor

Extract structured job postings from Hacker News "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" threads via the public Algolia HN API (emails redacted). By DataForge — the open web, forged into datasets. Full catalog of clean, documented web datasets: https://data.zalize.com

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs.md
- **Developed by:** [DataForge (Zalize)](https://apify.com/zalizedata) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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

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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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## HN Who is Hiring Jobs

Extract structured job postings from Hacker News monthly "Ask HN: Who is hiring?" threads, using the official public [Algolia HN Search API](https://hn.algolia.com/api). No login, no scraping countermeasures.

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `threadId` / `threadTitle` | The monthly hiring thread |
| `commentId` | HN comment id of the posting |
| `postedAt` | ISO timestamp |
| `author` | HN username of the poster |
| `headline` | First line of the posting (usually `Company | Role | Location | Salary`) |
| `text` | Full plain-text posting, emails redacted as `[redacted-email]` |
| `hnUrl` | Direct link to the comment on HN |

### Input

- `maxThreads` – number of most recent monthly threads to scrape (default 1)
- `maxJobsPerThread` – cap per thread (default 1000)
- `keywords` – optional filter, e.g. `["remote", "python"]`

### Compliance

- Uses only the official public Algolia HN API.
- Company-level hiring data; emails in post bodies are proactively redacted.

***

Looking for ready-made job postings datasets with parsed salaries? See https://data.zalize.com — inquiries: data@zalize.com

# Actor input Schema

## `maxThreads` (type: `integer`):

How many of the most recent monthly 'Who is hiring?' threads to scrape.

## `maxJobsPerThread` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of top-level job postings to extract per thread.

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

Optional case-insensitive keywords; only postings containing at least one keyword are kept (e.g. 'remote', 'python').

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxThreads": 1,
  "maxJobsPerThread": 1000,
  "keywords": []
}
```

# 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("zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs").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("zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs").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 zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,zalizedata/hn-hiring-jobs"
        }
    }
}

```

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/8h9M1xy4KboqeMIxB/builds/vSFsbe6ZtOLynfzAI/openapi.json