Full-text search over Hacker News stories and comments through the Algolia HN Search API. Each result carries id, title, url, author, points, comment count, creation date, and the story or comment text with a plain-text variant for comments. Sort by relevance or date, and narrow with unix timestamp date bounds. Pagination is explicit and 1-based; has_more comes from the upstream page count. A query with no hits is a valid empty answer and is billed as one.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
6 optional filters available.
string
Required
Search query, e.g. dishwasher.
dishwasher
string
Optional
story or comment. Defaults to story.
story
string
Optional
relevance or date. Defaults to relevance.
relevance
integer
Optional
1-based page number. Defaults to 1.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page, 1-30. Defaults to 20.
10
integer
Optional
Only results created at or after this unix timestamp.
2026-06-15
integer
Optional
Only results created at or before this unix timestamp.
2026-06-15
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/hackernews/search?query=dishwasher&type=story")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"results": [
{
"id": 43463200,
"title": "I won't connect my dishwasher to your cloud",
"url": "https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-wont-connect-my-dishwasher-your-stupid-cloud",
"author": "HieronymusBosch",
"points": 1012,
"num_comments": 663,
"created_at": "2025-03-24T17:09:07Z"
}
],
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"nb_hits": 199,
"nb_pages": 100,
"has_more": true
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "search",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Hacker News Upstream Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Hacker News upstream is temporarily unavailable."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true
}
}Parser Drift
Hacker News returned a response shape this parser does not recognise. The incident has been reported; retrying will return the same result.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "Hacker News response shape changed unexpectedly. The incident has been reported."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
}Bad Request Upstream
Hacker News rejected a value in this request. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_PARAMETER",
"message": "Hacker News rejected a value in this request. Check the parameters before retrying."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
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