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Hacker News Search via Algolia
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Hacker News Search via Algolia is a paid API for AI agents from x402-deployer.x402-deployer.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Searches 30M+ Hacker News stories and comments with filtering by type, author, points, and date range, returning ranked results with metadata
Price / call$0.001
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Hacker News search / HN search / yc-news / Algolia HN. Searches 30M+ Hacker News stories and comments. Filter by type (story/comment/poll), author, min points, ISO8601 date range; sort by relevance or recency. Returns title, author, points, comment count, URL.
Output
A list of matching Hacker News items each containing: title, author username, points score, comment count, original URL, and publication date; ranked by relevance or recency depending on sort parameter.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search Hacker News for stories about 'WebAssembly' from the last 6 months, sorted by points, with at least 50 points — only stories, not comments.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402-deployer.x402-deployer.workers.dev/hacker-news-searchWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to search or browse Hacker News content programmatically — especially when filtering by date range, minimum points, author, or post type. Prefer this over general web search when the user specifically wants HN community sentiment, top-voted tech discussions, or YC-adjacent startup news.
Side effects
- Invalid date format returns error (must be ISO8601)
- Unknown sort parameter returns error
- Empty query with no filters returns unfiltered results or error
- Rate limit or payment failure returns 402 or 429
- Very broad queries may return truncated result sets
Input
{
"type": "story",
"query": "artificial intelligence",
"sortBy": "points",
"dateRange": {
"end": "2024-12-31T23:59:59Z",
"start": "2024-06-01T00:00:00Z"
},
"minPoints": 50
}Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
{
"query": "artificial intelligence",
"source": "https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search",
"results": [
{
"id": "21530860",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/100006735798590/posts/2547632585471243/",
"title": "John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence",
"author": "jbredeche",
"points": 1574,
"created_at": "2019-11-13T23:17:23Z",
"comments_count": 889
},
{
"id": "48387270",
"url": "https://www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2026/06/no-artificial-intelligence-is-not-conscious/687378/",
"title": "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang",
"author": "lordleft",
"points": 800,
"created_at": "2026-06-03T17:51:37Z",
"story_text": "<a href=\"https://archive.is/bcpZl\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://archive.is/bcpZl</a>",
"comments_count": 1383
},
{
"id": "21953593",
"url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-artificial-intelligence/u-s-government-limits-exports-of-artificial-intelligence-software-idUSKBN1Z21PT",
"title": "U.S. government limits exports of artificial intelligence software",
"author": "ckcheng",
"points": 595,
"created_at": "2020-01-04T08:02:49Z",
"comments_count": 211
},
{
"id": "41295923",
"url": "https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/19/artificial-intelligence-is-losing-hype",
"title": "Artificial intelligence is losing hype",
"author": "bx376",
"points": 568,
"created_at": "2024-08-20T01:13:23Z",
"comments_count": 780
},
{
"id": "18219444",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/mit-college-artificial-intelligence.html",
"title": "M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B",
"author": "superfx",
"points": 560,
"created_at": "2018-10-15T13:26:14Z",
"comments_count": 164
},
{
"id": "12667761",
"url": "https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-034-artificial-intelligence-fall-2010/lecture-videos/",
"title": "Artificial Intelligence Lecture Videos",
"author": "BucketSort",
"points": 540,
"created_at": "2016-10-08T17:27:17Z",
"comments_count": 49
},
{
"id": "17040368",
"url": "https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/carnegie-mellon-launches-undergraduate-degree-artificial-intelligence",
"title": "Carnegie Mellon Launches Undergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence",
"author": "e15ctr0n",
"points": 502,
"created_at": "2018-05-10T16:28:03Z",
"comments_count": 339
},
{
"id": "28394834",
"url": "https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1872",
"title": "Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in breast cancer screening",
"author": "cratermoon",
"points": 439,
"created_at": "2021-09-02T17:26:09Z",
"comments_count": 323
},
{
"id": "9386004",
"url": "http://acuman.us/",
"title": "Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot",
"author": "seanlevan",
"points": 430,
"created_at": "2015-04-16T05:21:03Z",
"comments_count": 297
},
{
"id": "15155609",
"url": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/119VW6ueBGLQXsw-jGMboGP2-WuOnyMAOYLgd44SL6xM/edit#slide=id.p",
"title": "Where will artificial general intelligence come from?",
"author": "nshr",
"points": 389,
"created_at": "2017-09-02T12:24:35Z",
"comments_count": 240
}
],
"total_hits": 12853
}Tags
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