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Hacker News exposes a public, Algolia-powered search API at hn.algolia.com that needs no key and allows browser requests. The tool in this category uses it live: type a keyword and you get real matching stories with points, comment counts, author and date, plus tag, sort and minimum-points filters. Because it calls the source directly from your browser, the results are genuine, not a sample. For recurring monitoring or bulk exports to JSON or CSV, the same query can run on the backing Apify actor.

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Search Hacker News by keyword — live, with points and comments

Search Hacker News live in your browser with the public HN Algolia API: no key, no login. Filter by type, points and date, then copy the query for bulk export.

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Dev & Community · October 14, 2026HN Algolia API Reference: Search, Tags, Filters, LimitsThe Hacker News Algolia API in one page: /search vs /search_by_date, every tag, numericFilters, hitsPerPage, the 1,000-hit cap, /items and /users. Tested live.Dev & Community · October 14, 2026Get All Comments for a Hacker News Story with the APIThree ways to download every comment on a Hacker News thread: the Algolia item tree, the search index and the Firebase API. Tested Python, and what each misses.Dev & Community · October 14, 2026Hacker News Firebase API vs Algolia: Which One to UseHN's official Firebase API (topstories, item, user) vs the Algolia search API: endpoints, rate limits, freshness and speed, tested side by side in Python.Dev & Community · June 1, 2026The Hacker News Search API: Free, No-Key, and Surprisingly PowerfulA practical guide to the free, no-key Hacker News search API (hn.algolia.com): tags, numeric filters, relevance vs. date sorting, and runnable code.Dev & Community · October 14, 2026Search Hacker News by Date Range or Points (API)Find Hacker News stories between two dates or above a points threshold with the free Algolia API, and get past the 1,000-result cap. Tested Python and JS.
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Every tool here is free to use with no login. The backing actors run on Apify — free to start, then pay-as-you-go. Affiliate disclosure.