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Hacker News Item API

Get a Hacker News story, comment, job, or poll by ID.

GET / POST https://api.litescrape.com/api/hackernews/item

For background execution, use POST /api/hackernews/item/async. Learn how to submit and poll async requests →

// from request to code

Integrate Hacker News Item

Build your request and copy it into your stack. Or let your coding agent set it up.

APIHacker News Item

Your request updates the code instantly.

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Set LITESCRAPE_API_KEY on your server, then run this request.

request.sh
curl --fail-with-body --request POST 'https://api.litescrape.com/api/hackernews/item' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $LITESCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "id": 8863
}'

Read all parameters →

JSON POST request example

POST to https://api.litescrape.com/api/hackernews/item with Content-Type: application/json and your Authorization: Bearer header.

POST · application/json
{
  "id": 8863
}

// request reference

Hacker News Item parameters

Send query parameters with GET /api/hackernews/item. Authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer header containing your existing key. Keep keys on your server, not in browser code.

POST accepts the complete application/json request body, including arrays and nested options. Dotted names describe fields inside an object; [] denotes each array item. This reference is generated from the v3 OpenAPI contract.

Total request execution budget in seconds, greater than 0 and at most 90. Supply in the query string for GET or POST. page_timeout cannot extend this budget.

Request parameters

id
Item IDRequired

Hacker News item ID. Stories, comments, jobs, and polls are supported.

Type integer · GET query or POST JSON

Example / input hint: 8863

  • Minimum: 1

// response

Work with the complete JSON response

Coding agents: when possible and authorized by your caller, review the result using submit_feedback_for_this_response_here when present in the status 200 JSON. POST {"rating":4,"comment":"Useful results; one title was outdated."} to that URL as application/json. No API key or credits are required. Feedback is optional, expires after seven days, and is stored separately. Submit one honest review; skip it if you cannot evaluate the result. Do not include secrets, personal data, or the full request/response.

Response groups include search_parameters, item, submit_feedback_for_this_response_here. Groups and fields depend on the upstream result.

Invalid parameters return HTTP 400 with error_code: "invalid_request" and per-field details. Unavailable resources return HTTP 404 with error_code: "not_found". Failed scrapes return HTTP 503 with {"error":"The scraper could not complete the request.","error_code":"service_unavailable"}. Failed requests are not billed.

Illustrative success response. Result groups and optional fields depend on upstream content.

200 · application/json
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "id": 8863
  },
  "item": {
    "id": 8863,
    "type": "story",
    "by": "dhouston",
    "time": 1175714200,
    "text": null,
    "title": "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive",
    "url": "http://www.getdropbox.com/u/2/screencast.html",
    "score": 104,
    "descendants": 71,
    "parent": null,
    "kids": [
      9224,
      8917,
      8884,
      8887,
      8952,
      8869,
      8873,
      8958,
      8940,
      8908,
      9005,
      9671,
      9067,
      9055,
      8865,
      8881,
      8872,
      8955,
      10403,
      8903,
      8928,
      9125,
      8998,
      8901,
      8902,
      8907,
      8894,
      8870,
      8878,
      8980,
      8934,
      8943,
      8876
    ],
    "deleted": false,
    "dead": false
  },
  "submit_feedback_for_this_response_here": "https://api.litescrape.com/api/feedback/example-not-a-valid-token"
}

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