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Hacker News Search via The Stall x402
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Hacker News Search via The Stall x402 is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword, with optional filters for content type, sort order, date range, and result count — paid per call via USDC on Base.
Price / call$0.02
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Hacker News story and comment search via Algolia. Returns titles, scores, comment counts, authors, and URLs for posts matching the query. Filter by type (story/comment) and date range (day/week/month/year/all). Sorted by relevance by default; use sort=date for newest-first. Useful for tech news, community sentiment, or discovering discussion threads about a topic.
Output
A list of up to 20 Hacker News items (stories or comments) matching the query, including titles, URLs, submission dates, author names, and HN item IDs. Results can be sorted by relevance or date and filtered by content type and time window.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search Hacker News for the top 10 stories about 'LLM agents' from the past month, sorted by relevance.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/hn-searchWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to search Hacker News specifically — for tech community sentiment, developer discussions, startup news, or link aggregator stories — and want a pay-per-call model with no account or API key setup. Prefer over general web search when Hacker News community perspective is the primary goal.
Side effects
- Missing required 'q' parameter returns a 400 or error response
- No results found for very narrow or obscure queries
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns a 402 requiring USDC payment on Base
- Invalid enum values for sort/type/date_range return validation errors
- Limit out of range (below 1 or above 20) rejected by schema validation
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| required | string | |
| properties | string |
Tags
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