x402-toolbox Hacker News Item Lookup

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x402-toolbox Hacker News Item Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Fetches a single Hacker News item (story, comment, job, poll, or pollopt) by its ID via a pay-per-call x402 endpoint.

Price / call$0.002

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How this service works

309 deterministic pay-per-call tools for AI agents over x402 (USDC, Base). No signup, no API key: the payment is the identity.

Output

Returns a JSON object with fields describing the Hacker News item: type (story, comment, job, poll, pollopt), id, title, URL, text, score, author (by), creation time (time), descendant count, and associated kids (child comment IDs). The response includes ok and paid confirmation flags.

Example use cases

Verify viral HN post details

“I saw someone mention a Hacker News post with ID 39012345 went viral — can you pull up its title, score, and how many comments it has?”

Retrieve HN comment thread root

“I have a link to Hacker News item 38700001 — fetch it so I can see what the original story or comment says and who posted it.”

Check HN job posting info

“There's a Hacker News job listing with item ID 38888200 — can you grab the details like the company name and the posting URL?”

Technical details

Endpoint

GEThttps://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/dev/hackernews-item?utm_source=zero.xyz

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve structured metadata about a specific Hacker News item without requiring an API key or signup — payment via USDC on Base serves as the identity. Ideal for AI agents operating autonomously that need to resolve a known HN item ID into rich metadata on demand.

Side effects

Invalid or non-existent item ID returns null or empty result
Payment failure results in 402 response before data is returned
Deleted or dead items may return with dead:true flag and minimal metadata
Schema parameter misconfiguration may result in unexpected response format
Rate limits or worker errors return 5xx responses

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
schema	string

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "ok": true,
    "paid": true
  }
}

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