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Hacker News

Hacker News

Access real-time Hacker News content: top stories, Ask/Show/Job posts, comments, and user profile updates.

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Overview

Hacker News is a social news website centered around entrepreneurship and computer science. Ingest Hacker News stories, comments, and profiles into Databar for research, monitoring, dashboards, and data pipelines without manual scraping.

Key capabilities

  • Live access to top Hacker News content - fetch the top 500 new stories and up to 200 items for Ask HN, Show HN, and Job HN lists.
  • Multiple endpoints - use 7 endpoints to retrieve stories by ID, list Ask/Show/Job story IDs, and fetch recently changed items and user profiles.
  • Efficient aggregation - filter, enrich, and combine Hacker News items with other data sources inside Databar for reporting and analysis.

Common use cases

  • Content teams - surface trending posts and Show HN projects for curation and outreach.
  • Market research - track top discussions and signals across developer and startup communities.
  • Recruiting - monitor Job HN listings to spot hiring trends and active opportunities.
  • Analytics and alerts - build dashboards and triggers that react to emerging conversations and changes.
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Search Hacker News

Search Hacker News posts, stories, and comments by keyword, tag, or numeric filter. Returns titles, links, authors, points, and comment counts.

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