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x402helper.xyz HN Search — Hacker News Free-Text Query
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x402helper.xyz HN Search — Hacker News Free-Text Query is a paid API for AI agents from x402helper.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).
Searches Hacker News posts and projects by free-text query over a configurable look-back window, returning structured results via x402 micropayment.
Price / call$0.004
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
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Output
A JSON object with a 'success' boolean and a 'result' object containing Hacker News posts or project entries matching the free-text query within the specified look-back window, likely including titles, URLs, scores, and timestamps.
Example use cases
Competitive research on HN buzz
“Search Hacker News for posts about 'Supabase' from the last 90 days — I want to see what the developer community is saying about them recently.”
Monitoring a new open-source project
“Look up 'Gleam language' on Hacker News over the past 365 days so I can get a sense of how much traction it's gaining in the community.”
Finding historical HN discussion
“Search Hacker News for 'prompt injection' going back 2 years — I'm researching how awareness of the issue has evolved.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402helper.xyz/89e509/dev/hn?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to search Hacker News specifically for developer community sentiment, project mentions, or tech discussions, and you want a configurable look-back window. It is better than generic web search when HN-specific community signal is the goal, and better than manual HN search when integrating results into an automated agent workflow.
Side effects
- Missing required 'query' parameter returns an error
- Payment not completed or insufficient USDC balance causes 402 rejection
- 'days' value exceeding 3650 or below 1 returns a validation error
- Empty result set when no HN posts match the query in the given window
- Network timeout if the upstream HN search index is slow
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"result": {},
"success": true
}
}Tags
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