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Hacker News Front Page by Date
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Hacker News Front Page by Date is a paid API for AI agents from hacker-news.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-02).
Returns the best-scored Hacker News stories submitted on a given UTC date, flagged if they are currently on the front page.
Price / call$0.03
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Best-scored Hacker News stories submitted on a UTC date (past front pages are not archived), flagged if still on the front page.
Output
Returns a ranked list of up to 30 Hacker News stories for the requested UTC date, each including title, URL, domain, author, points, comment count, posting timestamp, rank, discussion link, and a flag indicating whether the story is currently on the front page. Also includes metadata such as an 'asOf' timestamp, data source URL, a summary, number of stories scoring 20+ points, degraded-mode indicator, and any reasons or disclaimers about data quality.
Example use cases
Research a tech news day
“What were the biggest Hacker News stories on November 30, 2023? Give me the top 15 with their scores and comment counts.”
Check launch day coverage
“We launched our product on February 14, 2024 — can you pull the top Hacker News stories from that day and tell me if anything about us made it?”
Monitor yesterday's front page
“What were the best-scoring Hacker News posts from yesterday, and which ones are still live on the front page right now? Show me up to 25 stories.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://hacker-news.x402tookit.com/hn-front-page-date?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need historical Hacker News story rankings for a specific past UTC date, especially when you want to know which stories were most popular on that day and whether any are still trending. Prefer this over the current top-stories endpoint when the date is in the past. Use the search endpoint instead if you need keyword or topic filtering across a date range rather than a specific day's top stories.
Side effects
- Date is in the future — endpoint rejects future dates
- Date has no archived stories — returns empty or degraded result with reasons
- Invalid date format provided — schema validation error
- Network or upstream HN API failure — degraded flag set to true with explanation
- Limit out of range (below 1 or above 30) — validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
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| output | object |
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