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Hacker News Front Page Scraper: Live Top Stories

A snapshot of the current Hacker News front page: titles, points, authors, and comment counts for every story ranking right now, returned as structured JSON.

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How it works

  1. 1
    Open it on Apify

    Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.

  2. 2
    Set the inputs

    Adjust query, tags, sortBy (sensible defaults are pre-filled).

  3. 3
    Click Run

    The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.

  4. 4
    Export the results

    Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Inputs

FieldWhat it doesType
queryKeywords to search Hacker News for (e.g. "openai", "rust async"). Leave empty to get the newest/front-page items for the chosen tag.string
tagsWhich kind of Hacker News items to return: stories, Show HN, Ask HN, comments, or current front page.string
sortByOrder results by Algolia relevance (best match) or by date (newest first).string
minPointsOnly return items with at least this many points (upvotes). Leave empty for no minimum. Applies mainly to stories.integer
maxItemsMaximum number of items to return. The actor paginates the API until it has this many (or runs out).integer
notionConnectorOptional. Write each item as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors,string
notionParentIdOptional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wostring

What you get

A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:

authorcreatedAthnUrlnumCommentsobjectIdpointstexttitletypeurl

Export every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

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