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Hacker News Top Stories Feed
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Hacker News Top Stories Feed is a paid API for AI agents from padelmaps.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Fetches the current top stories from Hacker News including title, score, author, URL, and timestamp metadata
Price / call$0.01
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Get top Hacker News stories
Output
Returns a list of Hacker News top stories, each with title, score, author username, source URL, and publication timestamp — ready for display or further processing.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the top stories on Hacker News right now — give me the titles, scores, authors, and links.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://padelmaps.org/api/x402-tools/hackernews/topWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured, ready-to-consume Hacker News top story data including metadata like score, author, and timestamp, without having to scrape or call the Hacker News API directly. Ideal for agents building news digests, trend monitoring, or tech community pulse checks.
Side effects
- Hacker News API unavailable — upstream service outage returns an error response
- Rate limit or payment failure — insufficient USDC balance returns a payment-required error
- Empty result set if Hacker News feed is temporarily inaccessible
Input
{
"input": {
"body": {
"limit": 5
},
"type": "http",
"method": "POST",
"bodyType": "json"
}
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
{
"type": "top",
"count": 5,
"cached": false,
"stories": [
{
"by": "lwhsiao",
"id": 48546294,
"url": "https://roman.pt/posts/linkedin-backdoor/",
"time": 1781553657,
"score": 647,
"title": "A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer",
"hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546294",
"comments_count": 131
},
{
"by": "sohkamyung",
"id": 48547985,
"url": "https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/",
"time": 1781563075,
"score": 130,
"title": "Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb",
"hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547985",
"comments_count": 27
},
{
"by": "chadfowler",
"id": 48542480,
"url": "https://www.iroh.computer/blog/v1",
"time": 1781536386,
"score": 918,
"title": "Iroh 1.0",
"hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542480",
"comments_count": 281
},
{
"by": "speckx",
"id": 48546441,
"url": "https://michaelenger.com/blog/i-love-the-computer/",
"time": 1781554455,
"score": 129,
"title": "I Love the Computer",
"hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546441",
"comments_count": 83
},
{
"by": "tinywind",
"id": 48543475,
"url": "https://tinywind.io",
"time": 1781540153,
"score": 583,
"title": "TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)",
"hn_url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543475",
"comments_count": 121
}
]
}Tags
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