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search_hackernews_posts

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Search Hacker News posts by keyword using the Algolia HN Search API. Supports sorting by relevance or date.

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Parameters3
Runs6
Updated15d ago
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GETsearch_hackernews_postsGETget_hackernews_top_posts_by_dateGETget_hackernews_top_posts

Runs on Notte and spends your workspace credits — what comes back is the live response, not a sample.

What is search_hackernews_posts?

Search Hacker News posts by keyword using the Algolia HN Search API. Supports sorting by relevance or date. It runs on Notte's browser infrastructure and returns structured JSON, so you can call it like any other API — pass query, limit, search_by_date and get the result back without maintaining a scraper.

Response

{
  "hits": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "author": "<string>",
      "points": 0,
      "object_id": "<string>",
      "created_at": "<string>",
      "num_comments": 0
    }
  ],
  "query": "<string>",
  "total_hits": 0
}

Call it

curl --location 'https://us-prod.notte.cc/functions/5a34cd0d-486b-4844-a9e9-6b04c542a4c7/runs/start' \
--header 'x-notte-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--data '{
    "function_id": "5a34cd0d-486b-4844-a9e9-6b04c542a4c7",
    "variables": {
        "query": "your-query",
        "limit": 20,
        "search_by_date": false
    }
}'

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Call run(function_id="5a34cd0d-486b-4844-a9e9-6b04c542a4c7") — the "search_hackernews_posts" function, which search Hacker News posts by keyword using the Algolia HN Search API. Supports sorting by relevance or date..

It takes query (str), limit (int), search_by_date (bool). Return the result as structured JSON.