# Hacker News Live API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/hacker-news/hacker-news-live-api/  
**Provider:** Hacker News — https://apis.io/providers/hacker-news/  
**Base URL:** https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Hacker News Live API is one of 4 APIs that [Hacker News](https://apis.io/providers/hacker-news/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Live. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Max item ID and recent updates.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hacker-news/refs/heads/main/openapi/hacker-news-live-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/HackerNews/API
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hacker-news/refs/heads/main/hacker-news-rules.yml

## Other Hacker News APIs (3)

- [Hacker News Items API](https://apis.io/apis/hacker-news/hacker-news-items-api/)
- [Hacker News Lists API](https://apis.io/apis/hacker-news/hacker-news-lists-api/)
- [Hacker News Users API](https://apis.io/apis/hacker-news/hacker-news-users-api/)

## Tags

Live

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/hacker-news/hacker-news-live-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/hacker-news/.