# Rotary Agency Hacker News API

> 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

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/hackernews?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-hacker-news-api-6fc77250
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i0ynCQcuJB7s7ZuMzyvH0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability rotary-agency-hacker-news-api-6fc77250
```

Example prompt: Can you grab the current top stories from Hacker News so I can see what's trending in the tech community right now?

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-hacker-news-api-6fc77250/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from rotaryagency.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/rotaryagency.uk/llms.txt)