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Hacker News Tech Pulse API
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Hacker News Tech Pulse API is a paid API for AI agents from gateway.stride20k.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns the current Hacker News front page as 30 ranked, normalized JSON stories including title, URL, points, author, comment count, and timestamp
Price / call$0.005
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Tech news API: the current Hacker News front page — 30 ranked stories as normalized JSON: rank, story id, title, outbound article URL (or HN discussion link for self-posts), points, author, comment count, ISO 8601 time. Single upstream call via the official Algolia HN API. Use for tech trend detection, topic monitoring, news agents, and content-pipeline seeding. Cached up to 2 minutes.
Output
A JSON object containing an array of up to 30 ranked Hacker News front-page stories, each with rank, story ID, title, outbound URL (or HN discussion link for self-posts), a boolean isSelfPost flag, points, author username, comment count, and ISO 8601 submission time. Also includes metadata: whether the response was cached, the upstream source label, and the ISO 8601 fetch timestamp.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Pull the current Hacker News front page and give me the top 30 ranked tech stories with their titles, links, point scores, and comment counts.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://gateway.stride20k.com/news/tech-pulseWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a ready-made, normalized JSON snapshot of the Hacker News front page without building your own Algolia HN integration. Ideal for tech trend detection agents, content pipeline seeding, topic monitoring dashboards, and news digest generation. The 2-minute cache makes it cost-effective for frequent polling. Prefer this over raw HN/Algolia calls when you need consistent field names and rank ordering out of the box.
Side effects
- Upstream Algolia HN API unavailable — returns error with no story data
- Stale cache — response may be up to 2 minutes old, not reflecting the very latest front page
- HN front page has fewer than 30 stories — count field will reflect actual number returned
- Network timeout reaching upstream — returns error response
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"data": {
"count": 30,
"stories": [
{
"id": 48780870,
"url": "https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/giant-trees/",
"rank": 1,
"title": "Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches",
"author": "hhs",
"points": 117,
"isSelfPost": false,
"submittedAt": "2026-07-03T20:00:00.000Z",
"commentCount": 24
}
]
},
"meta": {
"cached": false,
"source": "Hacker News (Algolia search API)",
"fetchedAt": "2026-07-04T00:00:00.000Z",
"attribution": null
},
"endpoint": "/news/tech-pulse"
}
}Tags
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