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AgentIndex x402 Hacker News Top Stories Feed
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AgentIndex x402 Hacker News Top Stories Feed is a paid API for AI agents from x402.agentindex.world, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).
Fetches the top trending stories from Hacker News, returning titles, scores, authors, and URLs for up to 25 items per call
Price / call$0.001
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Top Hacker News headlines right now - title, URL, score, comments. Fresh links for agents that need current tech/startup signal. Try GET /news/sample.
Output
Returns a JSON object with a source field ('hacker-news'), a count of stories returned, and an array of story objects each containing: story ID, title, URL, author username, Unix timestamp, upvote score, and comment count. Also includes an x402 payment receipt object confirming the microtransaction.
Example use cases
Morning tech briefing digest
“Give me the top 10 Hacker News stories this morning — I want the titles and links so I can decide what to read with my coffee.”
Trending AI news roundup
“Fetch the top 25 stories from Hacker News right now so I can scan for anything related to AI or machine learning that's blowing up today.”
Startup funding story monitor
“Grab the top 5 Hacker News stories and summarize what topics are getting the most traction in the tech community today.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402.agentindex.world/news?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when your agent needs real-time Hacker News front-page data without managing API keys or rate limits — ideal for tech news digests, trend monitoring, or surfacing developer community sentiment. Prefer this over scraping HN directly when you need a clean, pay-per-call interface that handles upstream fetching for you. Best suited for agents that need occasional or event-driven HN snapshots rather than continuous stream monitoring.
Side effects
- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC balance — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid limit parameter (outside 1-25 range) — returns 400 Bad Request
- Hacker News API upstream unavailable — may return 503 or degraded response
- limit parameter omitted defaults to 10 stories — not a failure but an implicit default
- Network timeout from upstream HN API causing delayed or empty response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 1,
"source": "hacker-news",
"stories": [
{
"by": "pg",
"id": 49765348,
"url": "https://example.com/story",
"time": 1726750000,
"score": 312,
"title": "Example headline about AI agents",
"comments": 88
}
]
}
}Tags
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