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get_hackernews_top_posts_by_date

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Fetch the top Hacker News front-page stories for any given date

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Parameters

datestr= 2024-01-15

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What is get_hackernews_top_posts_by_date?

Fetch the top Hacker News front-page stories for any given date It runs on Notte's browser infrastructure and returns structured JSON, so you can call it like any other API — pass date and get the result back without maintaining a scraper.

Response

{
  "date": "<string>",
  "stories": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "rank": 0,
      "title": "<string>",
      "author": "<string>",
      "points": 0,
      "story_id": 0,
      "number_of_comments": 0
    }
  ]
}

Call it

curl --location 'https://us-prod.notte.cc/functions/f8044e4c-1b69-490b-a4e8-6be7b6fc49ff/runs/start' \
--header 'x-notte-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--data '{
    "function_id": "f8044e4c-1b69-490b-a4e8-6be7b6fc49ff",
    "variables": {
        "date": "2024-01-15"
    }
}'

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Call run(function_id="f8044e4c-1b69-490b-a4e8-6be7b6fc49ff") — the "get_hackernews_top_posts_by_date" function, which fetch the top Hacker News front-page stories for any given date.

It takes date (str). Return the result as structured JSON.