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AgentsToolsHub Hacker News Live Feed
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AgentsToolsHub Hacker News Live Feed is a paid API for AI agents from agentstoolshub.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).
Fetches live Hacker News story lists (top, new, best) or full item details by ID directly from the official Firebase API, with scores and comment counts.
Price / call$0.005
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Live Hacker News data from the official Firebase API: top, new and best story lists with scores and comment counts, or the full detail of any item id. Fresh from the source — no scraping, cached a few minutes. Use this when an agent needs to top/new/best stories or any item, via the API.
Output
Returns either a list of story objects (title, URL, score, comment count, author, timestamp) for top/new/best scopes, or full item detail (including text body, parent, type, kids) for a specific item ID. Data is sourced live from the HN Firebase API, cached for a few minutes.
Example use cases
Morning tech briefing digest
“Grab the top 20 Hacker News stories right now and summarize what the tech community is talking about this morning.”
Trending story score check
“Look up Hacker News item 12345678 and tell me its current score and how many comments it has.”
Latest developer news feed
“Fetch the 15 newest Hacker News submissions so I can see what just got posted in the last hour.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://agentstoolshub.com/api/v1/live/hacker-news?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when an agent needs live, official Hacker News data without scraping — especially for real-time story rankings, scores, and comment counts. Prefer it over web scraping when you need structured JSON output from the authoritative source. Ideal for trend monitoring, briefing generation, or item-level detail lookups on HN content.
Side effects
- Invalid or non-existent item ID returns an error or null item
- Missing required 'scope' parameter causes a 400-style validation error
- HN Firebase API upstream outage may cause timeouts or 503 responses
- Rate limits exceeded on the provider side may result in throttled responses
- Requesting 'item' scope without providing an 'id' fails validation
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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