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Hacker News Ask HN Posts Feed
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Hacker News Ask HN Posts Feed is a paid API for AI agents from hackernews-x402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns the latest Ask HN posts from Hacker News with title, score, author, timestamp, and comment count
Price / call$0.002
Success—
StatusDown
How this service works
Hacker News Ask HN posts. Community questions and discussions — the highest-signal tech community conversations.
Output
Returns a JSON object with the feed type ('askstories'), post count, and an array of story objects each containing: post ID, title, author, score, timestamp, comment count (descendants), and URL (null for Ask HN posts since they're self-posts).
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Pull the latest 20 Ask HN posts from Hacker News so I can see what questions the tech community is discussing right now.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://hackernews-x402.vercel.app/hn/askWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you specifically need community-driven questions and discussions from Hacker News (Ask HN category), rather than link posts or top stories. Ideal for surfacing what the tech/startup community is actively asking about, trend monitoring, or competitive intelligence on developer pain points. Prefer over the top-stories endpoint when you want self-post community conversations rather than external links.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds max of 30 — clipped or rejected
- HN API upstream unavailable — 502 or timeout
- Invalid limit string (non-numeric) — validation error
- Payment not processed — 402 response blocking access
Input
{
"input": {
"type": "http",
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"limit": "10"
}
}
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
{
"feed": "askstories",
"count": 10,
"stories": [
{
"by": "whoishiring",
"id": 48357725,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-01T15:00:48.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 234,
"title": "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)",
"descendants": 372
},
{
"by": "whoishiring",
"id": 48357724,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-01T15:00:48.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 143,
"title": "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)",
"descendants": 461
},
{
"by": "Throwaway_sys",
"id": 48342117,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-05-31T01:01:58.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 66,
"title": "Anyone seen a CC- serial prefix on legacy networking hardware?",
"descendants": 31
},
{
"by": "menomatter",
"id": 48378906,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-03T01:57:45.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 7,
"title": "Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs",
"descendants": 4
},
{
"by": "figmert",
"id": 48368083,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-02T09:55:55.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 12,
"title": "Ask HN: What is your opinion on index rule changes to accommodate Mega-Cap IPOs?",
"descendants": 7
},
{
"by": "IliaLitviak",
"id": 48370330,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-02T13:56:46.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 948,
"title": "Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel",
"descendants": 266
},
{
"by": "karakoram",
"id": 48337409,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-05-30T15:41:04.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 100,
"title": "Ask HN: What Is the State of App Development in 2026?",
"descendants": 70
},
{
"by": "nyxtom",
"id": 48366380,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-02T05:22:42.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 29,
"title": "I'm Done Using AI",
"descendants": 19
},
{
"by": "techman001",
"id": 48377821,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-02T23:50:08.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 8,
"title": "Why Fossil DVCS is so awesome for the lone developer; A podcast",
"descendants": 0
},
{
"by": "oryocyph",
"id": 48373593,
"url": null,
"time": "2026-06-02T17:47:23.000Z",
"type": "story",
"score": 4,
"title": "AI Goal: Senior Software Engineer",
"descendants": 5
}
]
}Tags
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