Hacker News stories or comments from the Algolia search API
Hacker News stories or comments from the Algolia search API: keyword search (q) or the current front page (mode=front), optionally since a date. Stories give title, URL, HN link, points, comments, author and time. Comments give their text (400 characters, HTML stripped) and the story title. Up to 50 results. Public data, no key.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
33 msmedian answer time
$0.001listed price per call
$0.001price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://api.sitecheck-api.workers.dev/api/hn
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.sitecheck-api.workers.dev |
| Networks | eip155:5042, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 3 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.001 | 33 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"limit": "5",
"q": "x402",
"type": "story"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"limit": {
"description": "Max results, 1-50, default 20",
"type": "string"
},
"mode": {
"description": "front: the current front page (stories only)",
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Keywords",
"type": "string"
},
"since": {
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD: only items from this day on",
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"description": "story (default) or comment",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}