What this actor does
Scrape HN top stories, search, Ask HN, Show HN, jobs, user profiles, comments, and AI topic digests.
Hacker News Scraper uses public Algolia and Firebase APIs to export stories, comments, users, scores, URLs, and AI-ready topic summaries without anti-bot overhead.
Use cases
- Developer market intelligence
- Startup and launch feedback monitoring
- Technical narrative tracking
Output fields
The actor is designed for compact JSON records that are easy to send into dashboards, webhooks, MCP clients, vector databases, and AI pipelines.
titleurlscorecomments_countauthoritem_id
Related search intents
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FAQ
What does Hacker News Scraper export?
Hacker News Scraper exports structured fields including title, url, score, comments_count, author, item_id.
Who is Hacker News Scraper best for?
Hacker News Scraper is best for Developer market intelligence, Startup and launch feedback monitoring, Technical narrative tracking.
Where can I run Hacker News Scraper?
Run the actor on Apify at https://apify.com/harvestlab/hacker-news-scraper.