---
title: "Hacker News"
description: "Official Hacker News API client for ranked story IDs, items and comments, public users, maximum item ID and recent updates."
url: "https://www.jsonify.com/sources/hacker_news"
---

# Hacker News

Official Hacker News API client for ranked story IDs, items and comments, public users, maximum item ID and recent updates.

Collects: Official Hacker News API client for ranked story IDs, items, comments, public users, maximum item ID, recent updates

Reads: hacker-news.firebaseio.com

- Status: Passed 7 Oct 2026, 13:44 UTC
- Checks: 10
- Revision: 807987e
- HTML page: https://www.jsonify.com/sources/hacker_news
- Build a pipeline using this source: https://factory.jsonify.com/setup?q=Build%20a%20dataset%20from%20Hacker%20News&source=hacker_news

## How a pipeline uses this source

1. **Sources** (sources): hacker-news.firebaseio.com
2. **Story ids** (step): List the story IDs in the selected Hacker News ranking.
3. **Item** (step): Read a public Hacker News story or comment by ID.
4. **User** (step): Read a public Hacker News user profile.
5. **Max item id** (step): Read the latest item ID reported by Hacker News.
6. **Updates** (step): Read the item and profile IDs that Hacker News reports as recently changed.
7. **Checks** (step): 10 saved checks run against the live site and a stored copy of the page. Last passed 7 Oct 2026. When the site changes, Jason repairs the source and publishes a new revision.
8. **Your dataset** (output): Rows delivered to your sheet, warehouse, alerts or assistant on the schedule you choose.

## Checks and repairs

- 7 Oct 2026, 13:44 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:42 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 807987e)
- 6 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 807987e)

## What it reads

### story\_ids

List the story IDs in the selected Hacker News ranking.

### item

Read a public Hacker News story or comment by ID.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | integer | Record identifier assigned by the source. |
| type | string | Type. |
| parent | integer | Parent. |
| text | string | Text. |
| dead | boolean | Dead. |

Example row (synthetic):

| id | type | parent | text | dead |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12345 | Example type | 3 | Example text | true |

### user

Read a public Hacker News user profile.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | string | Record identifier assigned by the source. |
| created | integer | Created. |
| karma | integer | Karma. |
| about | string | About. |
| submitted | array | Submitted. |
| extra | string | Extra. |

Example row (synthetic):

| id | created | karma | about | submitted | extra |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| example-123 | 3 | 3 | Example about | \[ 3 \] | Example extra |

### max\_item\_id

Read the latest item ID reported by Hacker News.

### updates

Read the item and profile IDs that Hacker News reports as recently changed.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| items | array | Items. |
| profiles | array | Profiles. |
| extra | string | Extra. |

Example row (synthetic):

| items | profiles | extra |
| --- | --- | --- |
| \[ 3 \] | \[ "Example profiles" \] | Example extra |

## Limitations

Official feed snapshots only; no full-text search or full archive pagination. Comments are exposed as ordered kids IDs; no automatic recursive thread traversal. Recent updates are not a durable change log; HTML content and deleted/dead flags are preserved.

Site and app names identify the source only. Jsonify is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
How Jsonify reads sites: https://www.jsonify.com/legal/site-owners.md


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