Hacker News Profile API
Get a Hacker News user's public profile by username - karma, bio, and account details as clean JSON.
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{
"data": {
"bio": "A short example description of this item.",
"karma": 42,
"username": "alex_rivera"
},
"found": true
}interface HackernewsProfileResponse {
data: {
bio: string;
karma: number;
username: string;
} | null;
found: boolean;
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
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Last verified 2026-09-16 · uptime and latency measured over 30dcurl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/hackernews.profile \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"handle":"pg"}'| Field | Type | Example value |
|---|---|---|
| Request body | ||
| handle | string | "pg"Hacker News username, e.g. "pg". |
| Response | ||
| data | object | |
| data.bio | string | |
| data.karma | integer | |
| data.username | string | Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity. |
| found | boolean | |
| Price | ||
| Price per request | USD | $0.0015 |
| Price /1k req | USD | $1.50 |
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About the Hacker News Profile API
The AnyAPI Hacker News Profile API returns Hacker News profile data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/hackernews.profile. Get a Hacker News user's public profile by username - karma, bio, and account details as clean JSON. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.50 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Hacker News profile calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 0.2 seconds across 24 measured calls.