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Open Search: Hacker News Story Search
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Open Search: Hacker News Story Search is a paid API for AI agents from open-search.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-02).
Search Hacker News stories by relevance, returning title, link, discussion link, points, comment count, and date for each result.
Price / call$0.02
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Search Hacker News stories by relevance: title, link, discussion link, points, comment count and date.
Output
Returns a structured response containing the search query, a list of matching Hacker News stories (each with title, URL, discussion link, points, comment count, and date), a summary, and metadata including source URL and whether the results are degraded.
Example use cases
Researching tech community sentiment
“Search Hacker News for discussions about Rust programming language and give me the top 7 results — I want to see how the community has been talking about it, including points and comment counts.”
Tracking startup or product buzz
“Can you search Hacker News for any stories mentioning Notion and return up to 10 results with their links and engagement numbers?”
Finding expert discussions on a concept
“Look up Hacker News stories about 'large language models' and show me the top results with titles, discussion links, and dates so I can read through the community threads.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://open-search.x402tookit.com/search-discussions?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you specifically need to search Hacker News — the primary tech-savvy developer and startup community — for stories, discussions, and community reactions. Prefer it over generic web search when you want engagement signals (points, comments) or direct links to HN discussion threads. Use the multi-source sibling endpoint if you also want Wikipedia or academic results alongside HN.
Side effects
- Query exceeds 200 characters — request rejected
- Limit parameter outside 1–10 range — validation error
- No results found for obscure or very recent queries
- Service degraded flag set true when upstream HN search is partially unavailable
- Missing required 'q' parameter returns error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
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| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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