Hacker News Search API
Search Hacker News by keyword - matching stories with title, link, author, points, and comment count as clean JSON.
$1.50/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "45389217","title": "Why we rewrote our build system in Rust","url": "https://blog.tacitlabs.dev/rust-build-system","author": "kvasir_dev","points": 482,"comments": 214,"createdUtc": 1758978420,"permalink": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389217"}
Pricing and providers
Hacker News Search API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get Hacker News search in one request
This sample shows 11 of 12 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"results": [
{
"id": "45389217",
"title": "Why we rewrote our build system in Rust",
"url": "https://blog.tacitlabs.dev/rust-build-system",
"author": "kvasir_dev",
"points": 482,
"comments": 214,
"createdUtc": 1758978420,
"permalink": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389217"
},
{
"id": "45384901",
"title": "Rust 1.84 released",
"url": "https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/20/Rust-1.84.0.html",
"author": "steveklabnik2",
"points": 731,
"comments": 356,
"createdUtc": 1758513660,
"permalink": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45384901"
},
{
"id": "45379552",
"title": "Ask HN: Is Rust worth learning in 2026 for a Python backend dev?",
"url": "",
"author": "morning_otter",
"points": 128,
"comments": 187,
"createdUtc": 1758427260,
"permalink": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45379552"
}
]
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
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One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- querystring
rust
Search keyword, e.g. "ai".
- tagsstring
story
Optional result filter, e.g. "story" or "comment".
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
Matching Hacker News stories. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- authorstring
kvasir_dev
Submitting user's username. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- commentsinteger
214
Number of comments on the story.
- createdUtcnumber
1758978420
UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- idstring
45389217
Hacker News item id. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- permalinkstring
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389217
Permalink to the item on news.ycombinator.com.
- pointsinteger
482
Story score (upvotes).
- titlestring
Why we rewrote our build system in Rust
Story title. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- urlstring
https://blog.tacitlabs.dev/rust-build-system
Story link.
- foundboolean
true
True when the search returned at least one story.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
FAQ
About the Hacker News Search API
The AnyAPI Hacker News Search API returns Hacker News search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/hackernews.search. Search Hacker News by keyword - matching stories with title, link, author, points, and comment count 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 search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 0.5 seconds across 2,129 measured calls.