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Rotary Agency Hacker News API
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Rotary Agency Hacker News API is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-18).
Fetches free-source Hacker News data (stories, comments, rankings) via a pay-per-call proxy endpoint
Price / call$0.002
Success—
StatusDown
How this service works
Free-source data APIs (100% margin, no proxy, $0.002/call): ...
Output
A structured JSON response containing Hacker News data such as top story titles, URLs, scores, comment counts, authors, and timestamps — the exact fields mirror the HN API output for front-page or new stories.
Example use cases
Daily tech news briefing
“Pull the latest top Hacker News stories for me so I can put together a morning tech briefing for my team.”
Trending topics for content strategy
“What topics are blowing up on Hacker News today? I want to see the top posts so I can figure out what to write about this week.”
Automated HN monitoring in agent workflow
“Fetch the current Hacker News front page stories and flag any posts related to AI or machine learning — I want to track those automatically.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/hackernews?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need quick programmatic access to Hacker News data with micropayment-per-call pricing via x402 and no subscription overhead. It suits agents that occasionally need HN data without maintaining direct HN API integration.
Side effects
- Payment not received or insufficient USDC balance — returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream Hacker News API unavailable — may return 503 or timeout
- Malformed request parameters — returns 400 Bad Request
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded on the provider side
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
}
}Tags
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