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WebLens Discussions Search API
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WebLens Discussions Search API is a paid API for AI agents from api.weblens.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).
Searches and retrieves community discussions (e.g. Hacker News) matching a query, returning ranked stories with metadata and aggregate summary statistics
Price / call$0.004
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How this service works
# WebLens - Web Intelligence API, pay per call Scrape, crawl, map and extract the web. No account, no API key, no monthly minimum — you pay for the calls you make and nothing else. ## Pricing Page fetching starts at **$0.002**, whole-site crawling at **$0.0015/page**, and sitemap discovery at **$0.004**. Comparable services bill $0.007-0.008 per request, or reach a lower per-page rate only on a $99/month commitment. WebLens has no commitment to reach. ## Payment Protocol All paid endpoints use the [x402 protocol](https://x402.org) for HTTP-native micropayments (USDC on Base). ## Cache Discount Cached responses are **70% cheaper** than fresh fetches.
Output
Returns a JSON object containing a list of matching discussion stories (each with URL, title, author, points, comment count, post timestamp, and direct discussion URL), plus a summary block with total matches, date range of results, number of stories returned, total points and comments across results, and top linked domains. Also includes a request ID and the timestamp of the search.
Example use cases
Track developer sentiment on a new release
“Search Hacker News for discussions about 'Bun 1.0' sorted by relevance — I want to see what the community is saying, how many points the top posts got, and which domains are most linked.”
Competitive research on a rival product
“Find all Hacker News discussions mentioning 'Vercel' sorted by relevance so I can see what developers are praising or complaining about over time.”
Discover community buzz around an open source project
“Look up Hacker News discussions about 'Rust async' and give me a summary of the top stories, including when they were posted and how many comments they generated.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.weblens.dev/discussions?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to search developer-community discussions (especially Hacker News) by keyword or topic, retrieve ranked story metadata with engagement signals (points, comments), and get aggregate statistics about community interest over time. Prefer it over general web scraping when the target is structured community discussion data rather than raw page content, and when you want pay-per-call pricing with no subscription commitment.
Side effects
- Invalid or unsupported source parameter returns an error
- Empty or overly broad query may return low-relevance results
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 Payment Required response
- Rate limiting or network errors may cause transient failures
- Very recent events may not yet be indexed, returning partial or empty results
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sort | string | Ranking (default relevance) |
| limit | number | Stories to return (1-50, default 10) |
| query | string | What to search Hacker News for |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"sort": "relevance",
"query": "cloudflare workers",
"source": "hackernews",
"stories": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd",
"title": "Workerd: Open-source Cloudflare Workers runtime",
"author": "jgrahamc",
"points": 689,
"comments": 133,
"postedAt": "2022-09-27T14:00:00.000Z",
"discussionUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32979198"
}
],
"summary": {
"lastSeen": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z",
"returned": 10,
"firstSeen": "2018-03-12T00:00:00.000Z",
"topDomains": [
{
"count": 3,
"domain": "github.com"
}
],
"totalMatches": 1259,
"pointsReturned": 3421,
"commentsReturned": 2870
},
"requestId": "req_disc123",
"discussedAt": "2026-08-02T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}Tags
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