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Hacker News Search via Algolia (x402.agentutility.ai)
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Hacker News Search via Algolia (x402.agentutility.ai) is a paid API for AI agents from x402.agentutility.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Searches the Hacker News Algolia index for stories, comments, and polls, filtering by author, points, and date range, with relevance or recency sorting.
Price / call$0.001
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Search Hacker News for startup news, YC news, Show HN launches, and founder discussion through the Algolia HN index. Send a query, then filter stories, comments, or polls by author, minimum points, and ISO-8601 date range; sort by relevance or newest first. Returns titles, authors, points, comment counts, timestamps, URLs, and matching text. Use it as a startup news search API, YC news search, Show HN tracker, or developer news feed.
Output
Returns a list of matching Hacker News items, each containing the title, author username, points score, number of comments, publication timestamp, original URL, and any matching text snippet from the story or comment body.
Example use cases
YC batch launch tracker
“Find all Hacker News stories about YC W25 companies from January 2025 to March 2025, sorted by newest first, with at least 10 points — I want to see what launched in the latest batch.”
Competitor product mention monitor
“Search Hacker News for any stories or comments mentioning 'Linear' from the last 6 months, sorted by relevance, so I can see what the community is saying about them.”
Show HN discovery feed
“Pull the top Show HN posts about developer tools from the past 30 days, sorted by points, with a minimum of 100 points each — I want to find the most celebrated new tools the dev community is excited about.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402.agentutility.ai/hacker-news-searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured, filterable access to Hacker News content — especially for startup intelligence, YC news, Show HN tracking, or developer sentiment — and want to combine text search with point thresholds and date ranges. Prefer it over a generic web search when the target audience is specifically the HN tech/founder community and you need structured metadata (points, comment counts, authors) rather than raw HTML.
Side effects
- Query returns zero results if the search terms are too narrow or date range excludes relevant content
- Minimum points filter too high may exclude all results for niche topics
- Invalid ISO-8601 date format causes request rejection
- API payment failure via x402/USDC results in 402 response and no data returned
- Algolia index may have a slight delay on very recent posts
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"query": "rust async",
"source": "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search",
"results": [
{
"id": "39800000",
"url": "https://without.boats/blog/async-rust-3/",
"title": "Async Rust in three parts",
"author": "boats",
"points": 412,
"created_at": "2024-03-15T14:22:01.000Z",
"comments_count": 137
}
],
"total_hits": 4567
}
}Tags
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