YC Hacker news official
The official hacker news API
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9.5/10 popularity
205 ms avg latency
100% success rate
10 endpoints
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YC Hacker news official endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET |
item by id /item/{id}.json |
Stories, comments, jobs, Ask HNs and even polls are just items. They're identified by their ids, which are unique integers. |
| GET |
user by id /user/{id}.json |
Users are identified by case-sensitive ids |
| GET |
max item /maxitem.json |
Get the current largest item id |
| GET |
top stories /topstories.json |
Returns the current top 100 stories. |
| GET |
updates /updates.json |
Get the changed items and profiles |
| GET |
best stories /beststories.json |
Returns up to the current best 500 stories. |
| GET |
ask stories /askstories.json |
Up to 200 of the latest Ask HN Stories! |
| GET |
show stories /showstories.json |
Up to 200 of the latest Show HN Stories! |
| GET |
new stories /newstories.json |
Returns the current top 100 stories. |
| GET |
job stories /jobstories.json |
Up to 200 of the latest Job HN Stories! |
YC Hacker news official pricing
| Plan | Price | Rate limit | Quotas |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASIC | Free | — |
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