hackernews

Fetch Hacker News stories, comments, and user data via the free, open API. Fetch IDs of the current top 500 stories: Fetch the best stories (highest voted over time): Fetch the newest stories: Fetch "Ask HN" posts: Fetch "Show HN" posts: Fetch job postings: Fetch full details for any item by ID. Replace with the actual item ID: Response fields: Fetch top 5 stories with full details. Replace with the actual item ID: Fetch a story and its top-level comments. Replace with the actual story ID: Then for each comment ID in the kids array, replace with the actual comment ID: Fetch user details. Replace with the actual username: Response fields: Fetch a user's recent submissions. Replace with the actual username: Get the current largest item ID (useful for polling new items): Get recently changed items and profiles (for real-time updates): - Supports six story categories: top, best, new, Ask HN, Show HN, and job postings, plus real-time item and profile updates - Retrieve full item details including title, URL, score, comment count, and nested comment threads by item ID - Look up user profiles with karma scores, account creation dates, and submission history - No API key required; use direct curl calls with jq filtering to extract and process JSON responses - No rate limits documented : But be respectful, add delays for bulk fetching - Use jq for filtering : Filter JSON responses to...