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Hacker News

Users, their submissions, single items and comment threads.

Endpoints: 4
Base price: 1 cr
Source: Official API

Endpoint	Returns	Credits
GET /v1/hackernews/profile	Profile	1
GET /v1/hackernews/posts	Post[]	1
GET /v1/hackernews/post	Post	1
GET /v1/hackernews/comments	Comment[]	1

Core

Profile

1 credit

Get a public profile by handle.

GET/v1/hackernews/profile→Profile

handle	required	Hacker News username.
enrich	optional	arabic: add dialect, sentiment, entities and topics (+3 credits).

curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/hackernews/profile \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=charlidamelio"

Posts

1 credit

List a profile's recent posts.

GET/v1/hackernews/posts→Post[]

handle	required	Hacker News username.
cursor	optional	From meta.next_cursor, to get the next page.
enrich	optional	arabic: add dialect, sentiment, entities and topics (+3 credits).

curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/hackernews/posts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=charlidamelio"

Post

1 credit

Get a single post by id.

GET/v1/hackernews/post→Post

id	required	Numeric Hacker News item ID.
enrich	optional	arabic: add dialect, sentiment, entities and topics (+3 credits).

curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/hackernews/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "id=<id>"

Comments

1 credit

List comments on a post.

GET/v1/hackernews/comments→Comment[]

post_id	required	The post to read comments from.
cursor	optional	From meta.next_cursor, to get the next page.
enrich	optional	arabic: add dialect, sentiment, entities and topics (+3 credits).

curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/hackernews/comments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "post_id=<post_id>"

Every endpoint also takes fresh=true (skip the cache, 2× price) and include_raw=true (add the platform’s own payload). See Response shape and Credits.