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eu-verify Hacker News Top Stories
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eu-verify Hacker News Top Stories is a paid API for AI agents from data.greeneris.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Fetches the current top stories from Hacker News front page, returning titles, scores, URLs, comment counts, and ages
Price / call$0.002
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Current Hacker News front page via the official Firebase API, fanned out and merged into one payload: id, title, url, score, comment count and age in minutes per story. Query: ?n=20 (1-30 stories) &min_score=100 (optional score floor). Real-time tech signal for launch/incident/buzz detection. 5min cache.
Output
A JSON object containing a count field, a source attribution string ('Hacker News official Firebase API (live front page)'), and an array of stories each with id, url, score, title, age_min (age in minutes), and comments fields, sorted by score descending.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the top 20 Hacker News stories right now? Only show me ones with at least 50 upvotes.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://data.greeneris.io/v1/dev/hn-topWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need live Hacker News front page data without scraping, want filtered results by minimum score, need a pay-per-call model with no API key registration, or are building an agent that needs current tech community sentiment or trending developer topics.
Side effects
- HTTP 402 returned if USDC payment via x402 protocol not completed — machine-readable quote is included in response body
- n parameter out of range (must be 1–30) returns validation error
- min_score below 0 returns validation error
- Hacker News Firebase API temporarily unavailable causes upstream error
- Empty result set if min_score threshold is set too high and no stories qualify
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 2,
"source": "Hacker News official Firebase API (live front page)",
"stories": [
{
"id": 48888518,
"url": "https://example.dev/sqlite-vfs",
"score": 312,
"title": "Show HN: A fast SQLite VFS",
"age_min": 254,
"comments": 141
},
{
"id": 48888193,
"url": "https://postgresql.org/19",
"score": 205,
"title": "PostgreSQL 19 released",
"age_min": 402,
"comments": 87
}
]
}
}Tags
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