Use to find what developers and the tech industry are discussing about a topic,
Use to find what developers and the tech industry are discussing about a topic, or to get today's top tech stories. Full-text Hacker News search (or the front page when no query), filterable by age, points and story type, up to 50 stories with points, comment counts and links. Not charged if nothing matches.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-29
1 of 1checks answered this week
1330 msmedian answer time
$0.002listed price per call
$0.002price 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://x402-tools-production-2755.up.railway.app/tools/hackernews
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | x402-tools-production-2755.up.railway.app |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 0 from 0 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.002 | 1330 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"min_points": "10",
"q": "x402",
"since": "30d"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"kind": {
"description": "Default story with q, front_page without",
"enum": [
"story",
"show_hn",
"ask_hn",
"front_page"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "1-50, default 20",
"type": "string"
},
"min_points": {
"description": "Minimum HN points",
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Search text. Omit to get the current front page",
"type": "string"
},
"since": {
"description": "Only stories newer than this, e.g. 24h or 7d",
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"description": "Default relevance (popularity when q is omitted)",
"enum": [
"relevance",
"date"
],
"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"
}