Social Fetch

Social Fetch Hacker News API

The Hacker News API from Social Fetch — 13 operation(s) for hacker news.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 13

GET /v1/hackernews/search Search Hacker News #
GET /v1/hackernews/feeds/{feed} List a Hacker News feed #
GET /v1/hackernews/stories/{id} Get a Hacker News story #
GET /v1/hackernews/stories/{id}/comments Get comments on a Hacker News story #
GET /v1/hackernews/items/{id} Get a Hacker News item #
GET /v1/hackernews/comments/{id}/context Get a Hacker News comment with ancestor context #
GET /v1/hackernews/users/{username} Get a Hacker News user profile #
GET /v1/hackernews/users/{username}/submissions List a Hacker News user's submissions #
GET /v1/hackernews/users/{username}/comments List a Hacker News user's comments #
GET /v1/hackernews/users/{username}/favorites List a Hacker News user's public favorites #
GET /v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring List structured Who is Hiring jobs #
GET /v1/hackernews/updates Get recently changed Hacker News items and users #
GET /v1/hackernews/maxitem Get the current max Hacker News item id #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs
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APIReference
https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx
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GettingStarted
https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/social-fetch/refs/heads/main/openapi/social-fetch-hacker-news-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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LLMsTxt
https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt

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OpenAPI Specification

social-fetch-hacker-news-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Social Fetch Public Hacker News API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'REST API for Social Fetch. Versioned routes under `/v1` accept `x-api-key` credits or x402 USDC on Base (walk-up, no key). OpenAPI: https://api.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json. x402 discovery: https://api.socialfetch.dev/.well-known/x402. MCP: https://api.socialfetch.dev/mcp (POST). Docs and agent guide: https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs and https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt.'
servers:
- url: https://api.socialfetch.dev
  description: API origin
tags:


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