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Hacker News Search API

Scrape Hacker News Search data with one API call. Searches Hacker News stories, comments, and front-page items via the Algolia HN API. Defaults to story-only results sorted by relevance. The HN Algolia index only exposes `created_at_i` for numeric filtering, so use `numericFilters` for date windows (e.g. `created_at_i>1700000000`). Returns the raw Algolia hits in `data.items[]` — each hit includes `objectID`, `title`, `url`, `author`, `points`, `num_comments`, `created_at_i`, and `_tags`.

Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

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Returns Hacker News stories matching a query, each with title, link, author, points, comment count, and post time. Tags can widen it to comments.

Use it to find discussions by keyword, then pass a story id to the story endpoint for its details or its comments.

Searching 48 platforms in parallel

·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Google Finance logoGoogle Finance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
Hacker News API

What can you do with the Search API?

The Search endpoint gives you structured Hacker News data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/hackernews/search?query=claude+code"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/hackernews/search",
    params={
    'query': 'claude code',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/hackernews/search?query=claude+code",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
queryYesFree-text search term.
tagsNoAlgolia tag filter — comma-separated. Common values: "story", "comment", "poll", "show_hn", "ask_hn", "front_page", "author_<username>". Defaults to "story".
numericFiltersNoAlgolia numeric filter expression on `created_at_i` (the only filterable numeric attribute) — e.g. "created_at_i>1700000000". Combine with commas for AND. No filter is applied by default.
hitsPerPageNoHits per page (1–1000). Defaults to 30.
pageNo0-indexed page number for pagination.
Example Response

What does the Hacker News Search API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "endpoint": "/v1/tiktok/profile/videos",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "7658005300657638669",
          "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7658005300657638669",
          "content": {
            "text": "dc @lara.joanna ",
            "media_urls": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-eu.com/4a08329b68e24d90b840a05c9244ba65/6a498c37/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-ve-37c799-sg/ocXRU4saOAVGYeJRAAygAjFIzOGsgRf4peSeXk/?a=1233&bti=MzU8OGYpNHYpNzo5ZjEuLjpkLTptNDQwOg%3D%3D&&bt=1135&ft=ERfCkaZWD00Q12Nvr-HxzIxRA7lGF3_45SY&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=OTg8NGkzZTQ8PDo1NmQ2O0BpanEzd205cmRlPDMzZzczNEAvNWM0NDFfNi8xMjExNF5eYSNmMGwyMmQ0LzBhLS1kMS9zcw%3D%3D&vvpl=1&l=20260703224143F66ABC3BD3A97DB0685C&btag=e000b0000",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-useast5-p-0068-tx/owxEmiGPia440JkI3PgALU3bB7aBAlzdBEsKB~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:300:400:q70.heic?dr=9232&refresh_token=bf18ce44&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=8AANrRWOCWfS6xtQ9JJiHB77vxo%3D&t=bacd0480&ps=933b5bde&shp=d05b14bd&shcp=132edbea&idc=no1a&biz_tag=tt_video&s=PUBLISH&sc=cover",
            "duration_seconds": 16.903
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "charlidamelio",
            "display_name": "charli d’amelio",
            "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/ee31de49ddf64b45c5b2e3c55fbd0ea4~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:1080:1080:q70.heic?dr=9608&idc=no1a&ps=87d6e48a&refresh_token=e0b099bd&s=PUBLISH&sc=avatar&shcp=132edbea&shp=d05b14bd&t=223449c4&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=9SsuimlpGdsdlerisiaqvDVLV3c%3D",
            "verified": true
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 3417578,
            "likes": 501973,
            "comments": 2618,
            "shares": 6304,
            "saves": 22989
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": false,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-07-02T18:51:58.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "music_id": "7656080164593437471",
            "published_at_epoch": 1783018318
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.14949,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 4101094
        }
      },
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "7657606229484670221",
          "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7657606229484670221",
          "content": {
            "text": "@Alexa Davis ",
            "media_urls": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-eu.com/07ada727f60ed77f8504c4c9aee6f992/6a498c31/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-ve-37c799-sg/oAmE41FRfIDnKlQAZjDgfcEsqFENRqYDSBGUSB/?a=1233&bti=MzU8OGYpNHYpNzo5ZjEuLjpkLTptNDQwOg%3D%3D&&bt=857&ft=ERfCkaZWD00Q12Nvr-HxzIxRA7lGF3_45SY&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=NWU8OTg2aTw6ODlpNDU1PEBpanlrNmw5cmxuPDMzZzczNEBfLTEtMy8tXzYxLzYvYTNfYSNlbGVvMmRrYC9hLS1kMS9zcw%3D%3D&vvpl=1&l=20260703224143F66ABC3BD3A97DB0685C&btag=e000b0000",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-useast5-p-0068-tx/ooZRDflKEE2SIFSfsAqgFBcFEORUAY4jBDl2Yc~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:300:400:q70.heic?dr=9232&refresh_token=0ee7ce0e&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=DiqCJ1sMgLvKp5k1aK2lKgBm7CU%3D&t=bacd0480&ps=933b5bde&shp=d05b14bd&shcp=132edbea&idc=no1a&biz_tag=tt_video&s=PUBLISH&sc=cover",
            "duration_seconds": 10.123
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "charlidamelio",
            "display_name": "charli d’amelio",
            "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/ee31de49ddf64b45c5b2e3c55fbd0ea4~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:1080:1080:q70.heic?dr=9608&idc=no1a&ps=87d6e48a&refresh_token=e0b099bd&s=PUBLISH&sc=avatar&shcp=132edbea&shp=d05b14bd&t=223449c4&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=9SsuimlpGdsdlerisiaqvDVLV3c%3D",
            "verified": true
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 7205601,
            "likes": 739100,
            "comments": 1943,
            "shares": 6268,
            "saves": 28516
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": false,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-07-01T17:03:22.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "music_id": "7656080164593437471",
            "published_at_epoch": 1782925402
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.103713,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 8646721
        }
      },
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "7657287641641143565",
          "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7657287641641143565",
          "content": {
            "text": null,
            "media_urls": "https://v19.tiktokcdn-eu.com/24d5a0ceaf069ce4435f27d4a1fb7fa5/6a498c2d/video/tos/alisg/tos-alisg-ve-37c799-sg/o4IuEqzEKBC3UgRghYEA5FEDZJDB2RL2JfePpS/?a=1233&bti=M0BzMzU8OGYpNzo5Zi5wIzEuLjpkNDQwOg%3D%3D&&bt=939&ft=ERfCkaZWD00Q12Nvr-HxzIxRA7lGF3_45SY&mime_type=video_mp4&rc=O2Q8M2k1Nzo7ODkzPGQ2NkBpM3VrZmo5cm01PDMzZzczNEBiYC0yLjU0XjQxNTMxX2FhYSNjZy5mMmRzYC9hLS1kMS9zcw%3D%3D&vvpl=1&l=20260703224143F66ABC3BD3A97DB0685C&btag=e000b0000",
            "thumbnail_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-useast5-p-0068-tx/oEEehFBRSDqxRYEZJgMgAQpzEf2PJiDEJNI7CB~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:300:400:q70.heic?dr=9232&refresh_token=7ef5f605&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=10x4mFTkwGHZf2I3P%2FcRrZr6vTo%3D&t=bacd0480&ps=933b5bde&shp=d05b14bd&shcp=132edbea&idc=no1a&biz_tag=tt_video&s=PUBLISH&sc=cover",
            "duration_seconds": 6.467
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "charlidamelio",
            "display_name": "charli d’amelio",
            "avatar_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/ee31de49ddf64b45c5b2e3c55fbd0ea4~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter-q:1080:1080:q70.heic?dr=9608&idc=no1a&ps=87d6e48a&refresh_token=e0b099bd&s=PUBLISH&sc=avatar&shcp=132edbea&shp=d05b14bd&t=223449c4&x-expires=1783202400&x-signature=9SsuimlpGdsdlerisiaqvDVLV3c%3D",
            "verified": true
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 5941789,
            "likes": 941067,
            "comments": 3165,
            "shares": 17173,
            "saves": 18760
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": false,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-06-30T20:27:04.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "music_id": "7530783142774065975",
            "published_at_epoch": 1782851224
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.161804,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": null,
          "estimated_reach": 7130147
        }
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": "1782516110000",
    "total": 10,
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiMTc4MjUxNjExMDAwMCIsInAiOiJtYXhfY3Vyc29yIn0",
    "has_more": true,
    "page_size": 10
  }
}

Example captured from the TikTok API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Hacker News Search response has the same fields.

API Details

How does the Hacker News Search API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Hacker News Search data?

We handle the complexity of Hacker News data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 48 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 48 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language — ready to use.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer — paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 48 platforms
FAQ

Have a question? We got answers

Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I search Hacker News with an API?
Send a GET request to /v1/hackernews/search with your terms in the query parameter. SocialCrawl returns matching HN stories and comments with title, URL, points, author, comment count, and item ID, normalized into the unified data.items schema.
What filters does the Hacker News Search API support?
Pass tags to restrict to story, comment, show_hn, ask_hn, or a specific author, and numericFilters to bound by points, number of comments, or created_at timestamp. Combine them to pull, for example, Show HN posts above 100 points from the last week.
How do I paginate Hacker News search results?
Use hitsPerPage to set the page size and page to step through results, starting at page 0. Increment page until you stop receiving hits to walk the full result set for a query beyond the first page.
Can I monitor tech trends and launches on Hacker News?
Yes. Run the search endpoint on a cron with your topic, product, or domain as the query, scope with tags=show_hn for launches, and ingest the hits. It is built for tech-trend monitoring and dev-sentiment pipelines alongside your Reddit and GitHub sources.
How much does the Hacker News Search API cost?
Each search request costs 1 credit on the standard tier, regardless of how many hits come back. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, enough to run around 100 searches while you build your pipeline.

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