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Hacker News API Design Discussion Search
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Hacker News API Design Discussion Search is a paid API for AI agents from market.datapackvibe.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).
Searches public Hacker News stories focused on API design and integration practices, returning titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.
Price / call$0.01
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How this service works
Hacker News discussion search: API design and integration practices: Search public Hacker News stories for API design and integration practices. Returns story titles, links, scores, authors, and timestamps.
Output
Returns a list of Hacker News story objects, each containing the story title, a link to the original post or URL, the HN score (upvotes), the author's username, and the publication timestamp. Results are ranked by relevance to the query.
Example use cases
Research API authentication debate
“Find me the top Hacker News discussions about API key vs OAuth authentication — I want to see what the developer community actually thinks, show me up to 8 results with scores and authors.”
Benchmark webhook design practices
“Search Hacker News for posts about webhook design and best practices, give me the 5 most relevant stories so I can see how the community approaches event-driven API integration.”
Track GraphQL adoption sentiment
“Can you search HN for recent discussions about GraphQL adoption and integration challenges? I want to understand developer sentiment — show me up to 10 results.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-next-community-api-design-operators?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need community-sourced developer opinions and discussions specifically from Hacker News about API design and integration practices. It is ideal for sentiment research, best-practice discovery, and benchmarking community consensus on technical API topics. Prefer it over general web search when you want curated, scored, and attributed developer discourse rather than documentation or blog posts.
Side effects
- Query too broad returns low-relevance results — narrow the query for better signal
- max_results exceeding 10 will be rejected by schema validation
- HN search index lag may mean very recent posts are not yet indexed
- Empty result set if query terms match no HN stories
- Network timeout if the upstream Algolia HN Search API is slow or down
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | string | Optional focused search query. |
| max_results | integer |
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