Hacker News Data Scraper
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Hacker News Data Scraper
3 days trial then $10.00/month - No credit card required now
Extract Y Combinator's Hacker News based on any search criteria. Crawl the front page, Show HN, Ask HN, news, job listings, and historical data. Get links, titles, comments, ratings, and more!
You can access the Hacker News Data Scraper programmatically from your own JavaScript applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11 "startUrls": [
12 {
13 "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/front"
14 },
15 {
16 "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/show"
17 },
18 {
19 "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs"
20 },
21 {
22 "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com"
23 },
24 {
25 "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26566373"
26 }
27 ],
28 "maxItems": 50,
29 "endPage": 1,
30 "extendOutputFunction": ($) => { return {} },
31 "proxy": {
32 "useApifyProxy": true
33 }
34};
35
36// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
37const run = await client.actor("epctex/hackernews-scraper").call(input);
38
39// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
40console.log('Results from dataset');
41console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
42const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
43items.forEach((item) => {
44 console.dir(item);
45});
46
47// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsHacker News Extractor API in JavaScript
The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Hacker News Data Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
npm install apify-clientOther API clients include:
epctex
