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// Hacker News documentation

Hacker News User API

Get a public Hacker News profile and recent submitted item IDs.

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

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

// from request to code

Integrate Hacker News User

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

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Request parameters

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/user' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $LITESCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "username": "pg",
  "limit": 2
}'

Read all parameters →

JSON POST request example

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

POST · application/json
{
  "username": "pg",
  "limit": 2
}

// request reference

Hacker News User parameters

Send query parameters with GET /api/hackernews/user. 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

username
UsernameRequired

Case-sensitive Hacker News username.

Type string · GET query or POST JSON

Example / input hint: pg

  • Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]{0,99}$
limit
LimitOptional

Maximum recent submitted item IDs to return.

Type integer · GET query or POST JSON · Default 20

Example / input hint: 2

  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 100

// 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 POST {"rating":4,"comment":"Useful results; one title was outdated."} to that URL as application/json.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, user, 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": {
    "username": "pg",
    "limit": 2
  },
  "user": {
    "id": "pg",
    "created": 1160418092,
    "karma": 157316,
    "about": "Bug fixer.",
    "submitted": [
      39667625,
      37278578
    ],
    "total_submissions": 15565
  },
  "submit_feedback_for_this_response_here": "https://api.litescrape.com/api/feedback/example-not-a-valid-token"
}

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